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Vol. L Ma 30.
Savaryn installed as Alberta U Chancellor
EDMONTON - Peter Savaryn, 55,
an Edmonton lawyer, was installed as
chancellor of the University of Alberta
during a special ceremony held on
Tuesday, July 6, in the university's
Convocation Hall.
Mr. Savaryn had been elected to a
four-year term as chancellor in Novem­
ber 1981 by the 62-member University
of Alberta Senate. He was one of 12
candidates for the voluntary position.
He was installed as chancellor by the
lieutenant-governor of Alberta, Frank
Lynch-Staunton, who administered the
oath of office.
The invocation at the special cere­
mony was delivered by Bishop Neil
Savaryn OSBM of Edmonton. The new
chancellor was introduced by William
Pidruchney.
In his inaugural address as chancellor
(see page 5 for the complete, text), Mr.
Savaryn said that he aspired to become
a University of Alberta chancellor for
two reasons. First, he said, he believes,
like Maimonides, the 12th century
Jewish rabbi and philosopher, (bat
"The advancement of learning is the
highest commandment." Second, the
new chancellor noted, be felt he should
pay back the university, his alma mater,
by offering it "my time, my knowledge
and my experience.''
He went on to point out the impor-
Reagan signs Captive Nations proclamation
WASHINGTON - In a Rose Gar­
den ceremony on-July 19, President.
Ronald Reagan proclaimed the week of
July 18 to July 24 Captive Nations
Week, and used the occasion for one of
his strongest verbal attacks yet against
Soviet tyranny and the expansion of
totalitarianism.
"We in the West must do more than
merely decry attacks on human free­
dom. The nature of this struggle is
ultimately one that will be decided, not
by military might, but by spiritual
resolve and confidence in the future of
freedom, especially in the face of the
decaying and crumbling dreams of
Marxism-Leninism," President Reagan
told 200 guests at the White House
ceremony.
He then signed the proclamation,
which scored the regime in Poland as
morally bankrupt, and cited the "brutal
suppression of sovereignty in Afgha­
nistan and the bondage of the captive
peoples of Eastern Europe..."
The proclamation also noted the
"long decades of repression "suffered by
the "peoples of many nationalities
within the Soviet Union itself."
During his speech, Mr. Reagan made
several references to the suppressed
Solidarity free trade union in Poland
and its interned leader, Lech Walesa.
He indicated that Solidarity leaders had President Ronald Reagan signs the 1982 Captive Nations Week proclamation. On
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rainian THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Peter Savaryn, newly installed chan­
cellor of the University of Alberta.
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tance of multiculturalism. Universities,
he said, must "take care that what is
taught is sufficiently broad to encom­
pass more than the two founding na­
tions. There is strength in diversity,
there is beauty in cultural variety, and
the ethnic composition of Canada's
West calls for the recognition of the
(Cootfamtd OB pate 4)
the left b Vice President George Bosh.
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SUNDAY. JULY 25.1982
Dissident's letter satirizes
"equality" of Soviet system
NEW YORK - Yevhen Hrytsiak, a
former political prisoner, has written an
open letter to his "friend and colleague''
Leonid Brezhnev, asking why Soviet
authorities persecute one author (Hryt­
siak) and not another (Brezhnev).
The open letter was released here by
the External Representation of the
Ukrainian Helsinki Group.
Mr. Hrytsiak is the author of "A Brief
Record of Recollections,'' a book of
memoirs published in 1981 by Smoloskyp
Publishers. The title of his letter to Mr.
Brezhnev is "Open Letter in Regard to
Our Equality."
The text of the letter, translated by
The Weekly from Ukrainian, follows.
Honored friend, Leonid lllich Brezhnev:
" "What sort of friend is this that has
appeared to me?" You may ask, if you
read my appeal to you.
And this is natural, as I would sooner
call myself your antipode, rather than
your friend: in reality our friendship is
formal, not genuine.
It began when you headed the political
division of the 4th Ukrainian Front, and
I was a member of the 265th penal
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company of that same front "atoning"
for my first "transgression against the
homeland."
As you see, our paths in life did not
converge even then. Then, after the war
and service in the army, they diverged
even more: you took the path of serving
your country in the highest and most
responsible party-state posts while I, on
the path of further "atonement for
transgressions against the homeland,"
was in a so-called corrective-labor
camp. The homeland honored you with
gold medals and the highest powers,
while I was "commended" with a camp
number and the deprivation of all
rights. Your path was wide and pro­
mising, mine — narrow and bleak.
Every person, before completing his
path in life (no matter what it has been),
wants to review and recall its most
important stages and, if possible, record
them on paper. We both have done this:
you penned a trilogy of memoirs famous
the world over, in which you recollected
the most important points in your
illustrious path; I wrote a brief, little-
known record of my reminiscences, in
which I recorded only one but, I believe,
the most critical stage of my sullen path.
Although we wrote our memoirs
from opposite positions, and on different
levels, we are united nonetheless by the
fact that we both wrote the naked truth
about the same subject, i.e. Soviet
reality, in other words, we described
two sides of the same coin. And, since
we wrote in the same genre, I have
found the courage to call you my
colleague of the pen.
Thirdly, and in the legal sense most
importantly, our friendship is based on
our common Soviet citizenship.
It should be noted that I was not bom
in the Soviet Union but obtained my
Soviet citizenship against my wishes.
Therefore, and not solely for that
reason, I have already twice submitted
an official statement to the appropriate
Soviet channels requesting permission
for me and my family to emigrate from
the USSR. But I have received a cate­
gorical refusal, and to this day 1 remain
a Soviet citizen.
13)
INSIDE:
Ш Inaugural address of University
of Alberta Chancellor Peter Savaryn
- page 5.
Ш Dr. Frank Sysyn on mutual
perceptions of Carpatfao-Rntbenians
and Ukrainians - page 6.
Ш Ukrainian-Jewish relations,
part II - page 7.
Ш Verkbovyna's three-day festival
- pages 8-9.
 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 25. 1982 no. an

Anonymous author in Ukraine pens Former OUN member gets 15 years;

appeal on behalf of Plakhotniuk report new campaign against nationalists
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - A wave of sentence he returned to "teach in his
NEWYORK - ^ a p p e a l written by village and went through "rehabilita­
an anonymous author in Ukraine on arrests and imprisonments of former
members of the Organization of Ukrai­ tion."
behalf of Dr. Mykola Plakhotniuk, a
nian Nationalists (OUN) and members This most recent arrest of Mr. Ma­
Ukrainian-humanrightsactivist recently
sentence^ to four years of labor camp of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army zurak shocked the people of his village
on trumped-up criminal charges, has (UPA) continues in the Soviet Union, who knew him to be an honest, hard­
been received in the West. reported Smoloskyp Ukrainian Infor­ working man who did not involve
mation Service. himself in politics, according to Smolo­
Dr. Plakhotniuk was arrested in
Most recently, in the early months of skyp.
September 1981 on two fabricated
criminal charges, inducing minors to 1982, Vasyl Mazurak (aka Burij) was During his three-day trial, witnesses
drink and homosexuality (an offense arrested and sentenced to IS years' testified that they saw him attending
punishable under "Soviet law by five- imprisonment on various fabricated church services, talking with the village
years' imprisonment). charges. priest, the Rev. Davydiak, and distri­
Mr. Mazurak was born in 1927 in buting blue-and-yellow flags and na­
The anonymous appeal on Dr. Pla­ tional pins to people. These charges could
khotniuk 's behalf was released in Free­ Vynohrad, Ivano-Frankivske oblast.
He received his education at the pedago­ not be proven, yet Mr. Mazurak was
dom Appeals, a bimonthly publication
gical institute and worked as a teacher sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.
of Freedom House.
As The Weekly reported earlier (May in his native village. Mr. Mazurak's arrest comes after five
30), Dr. Plakhotniuk, 46, is serving a In 1946 he was arrested and sentenced former members of the OUN and the
camp term, which is viewed as less harsh to eight years in prison for his member­ UPA were executed in the autumn of
than incarceration in a mental institu­ ship in the OUN. After serving his 1981.
tion, where authorities can keep a шШШІ
prisoner confined as long as they feel
"treatment" is necessary.
The text of the appeal follows.
^MykohPhkbotatak Y a k u n i n d e n i e d visiting rights
one month in search of work and living ORANGE, Calif. - Imprisoned charges of "anti-Soviet agitation and
quarters. One day, three silent men Soviet Christian activist, the Rev. Gleb propaganda."
approached him on a dark, empty Yakunin, has recently been deprived by His arrest came after he had been
street, and beat him. Plakhotniuk ended labor-camp authorities of his next repeatedly warned by authorities about
Mykola Plakhotniuk has spent al­ up with broken ribs and injured verte­ scheduled meeting with his wife, report­
most 10 years - f r o m 1972to 1981 - in brae. After leaving the hospital he his work with the Christian Committee,
ed Keston News. which was set up in 1976 to monitor
various psychiatric hospitals of Dnipro- resumed his search for work, and
petrovske, Kazan and Smela. During The 48-year-old founder of the un­ Soviet violations of religious rights.
finally, in July, was able to exclaim: official Christian Committee for the
this period of time medical commissions
recommended on five different occa­ "Today it's been a whole week since I Defense of Believers' Rights last met his Last year, the Rev. Yakunin went on
sions that he be released from the have once again been wearing a white wife in April, and was scheduled to see a hunger strike in labor camp No. 37 in
hospitals, but in each instance courts doctor's jacket! After nine and a half her again in August. Under Soviet law the northern Russian city of Perm to
declined to accept the doctors' recom­ years! It's an undescribable feeling!" he is entitled to three meetings a year, protest the confiscation of his Bible and
mendations. On August 8, 1978, Pla­ But within two months, on Septem­ one private and two in the presence of other religious material by camp offi­
khotniuk was transferred from a psychia­ ber 6, 1981, Plakhotniuk was arrested camp officials. cials.
tric prison hospital to an ordinary on false and grotesque charges and Keston reports that no reason has Soviet sources reported at the time
hospital, but the court once again threatened with charges of a criminal been given for denying the visit. that he was transferred to a hospital in
rejected all appeals for his release, offense. There was also the threat of a A Russian Orthodox priest, the Rev. camp No. 35 shortly after beginning his
contrary to all reason, and once again in new psychiatric examination and a new Yakunin was sentenced in August 1980 fast, and there were unconfirmed re­
violation of the law. He remained in the sentence. to five years in a labor camp to be ports that he was force-fed intra­
psychiatric hospital for another three Mykola Plakhotniuk was born on followed by five years' internal exile on venously.
years. May 8, 1936, into a peasant family. At
age 19 he was stricken with turber-
In March 1981, (according to Dr. culosis and underwent an operation.
Cronid Lubarsky, editor of USSR After completing medical training, he
News Brief, Dr. Plakhotniuk was re­
Religious affairs official admits
worked as an orderly in a village. In
leased in December 1980), after having
been confined in mental hospitals for 1960, Plakhotniuk enrolled in the Kiev
Medical Institute, and after graduation
Soviets illegally closed down church
nine and a half years, Plakhotniuk NEW YORK - Chairman V.A. In the presence of the 10-member
finally walked out of the hospital gates. worked in tuberculosis clinics. Prior to
Kuroyedov of the USSR Council of delegation of the Klaipeda Catholic
He had aged, turned gray, and acquired his first arrest he was employed as a Religious Affairs has admitted that the Committee and Chairman P. Anilionis
the kind of bitter experiences unknown phthisiologist and otolaryngologist in a Soviet government seized the Queen of of the Lithuanian SSR Council for
to us. children's tubercular sanatorium.
During his school and student years, Peace Catholic church in Klaipeda, Religious Affairs, Mr. Kuroyedov
After his release Plakhotniuk spent Mykola was a leader in Komsomol and Lithuania, illegally over 20 years ago, offered to rectify the wrong done to
cultural-educational activities. When­ reported the Lithuanian Information believers by granting permission to
ever he decided to do something, he Center. build a new church in Klaipeda, accord­
Soviets jail gave it his all.
He organized student literary meet­
According to issue No. 52 of the
samizdat Chronicle of the Catholic
ing to the Chronicle.

Church in Lithuania, Mr. Kuroyedov Mary, Queen of Peace, Church in

Christian activist
MUNICH - Leonard Borodin,"a44-
уеаг-old Christian activist, was a/rested
on May 13 by Soviet authorities, who
confiscated books and original manu­
scripts, according to USSR News Briefs
published here.
East/ West News reports that Mr.
ings and took part in folk ensembles. On
three occasions Plakhotniuk sent letters met in Moscow with a delegation of
Lithuanian Catholics from the city of
Klaipeda was the only church allowed
to be built in Lithuania since World
to official government offices. The first
time it was to suggest that lectures at the Klaipeda in June and September of War II. It was funded by 3 million
medical institute be conducted in Ukrai­ 1981. (Continued on page 3) -
nian, and the other two times he wrote
appeals on behalf of persons who were
sentenced to prison for political rea­
sons. One time, during a Shevchenko

Borodin was arrested when he arrived at
a church for work. He had been pre­
viously arrested in 1967 and detained
for his activities with the All-Russian
Social-Christian Union for the Libera­
tion of the People. Several of Mr.
Borodin's books have been published in
the West.
Sources also report that another
Christian writer, Vadim Shavrov, was
forcibly hospitalized in late April.
Mr. Shavrov, who co-authored "Es­
says on the History of the Church's
Trials (1922-1946)," which has been
published in Switzerland, became a
Christian in a prison camp after he was
arrested in 1948.
According to East/ West, he is a
graduate of the Odessa Religious Semi­
nary in Ukraine.
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festival, when a large crowd of young
people had gathered around the poet's
memorial in Kiev, and the police arrest­
ed four participants, Mykola had led
the crowd to the party central commit­
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No. ЗО
New study says Soviets are dependent on imports Pope names Daciuk
WASHINGTON - According to a
Census Bureau report released on July
12, the Soviet Union is considerably less
self-sufficient and more dependent on
imports than previously believed, re­
ported The Washington Post Wire
Service.
The study, conducted by Barry L.
Kostinsky and Prof. Vladimir G. Treml
of Duke University, shows that Soviet
imports in 1980 amounted to 20 percent
of that country's national income. That
figure is two to three times higher thai"
previously estimated. The reason is that
the study's authors, for the first time,
were able to estimate imports based on
the real value of the Soviet ruble in the
Soviet economy, derived from domestic
prices.
The lower previous figures were
based on the formal exchange rate for
the ruble, which is not used in inter­
national trade, and they overstated its
value. In effect, the previous figures
understated the value of Soviet imports
and overstated the value of their ex­
ports. The new study put the value of
Soviet exports at about 7 percent of
Soviet national income.
Religious affairs..,
(Con) І—і і trim say I)
rubles collected from Catholics through­
out Lithuania. The church was com­
pleted in 1961 by volunteer labor, after
the Soviet government had granted
building permission in 1956.
However, just before it was to be
consecrated, the authorities sealed the
church doors on orders of Nikita
Khrushchev and later converted it into a
concert hall.
Since then the Catholics of Klaipeda
have kept up an unremitting campaign
for the return of the church. A total of
3,012 people signed petitions in 1972;
30,782m 1973; 3,500 in 1974; 10,241 in
March 1979; ща unprecedented 148,149
in October 1979; over 600 in 1980; 1,008
in 1981 and 21,033 in 1982.
According to the most recent peti­
tion, signed by 21,033 and dated April
1982, the population of Klaipeda
reaches over 190,000. The Catholic
churches in neighboring towns of Nida
and Juodkrante were closed down over
20 years ago. The number of believers in
Klaipeda and environs total about
200,000.
The believers of Klaipeda write:
"The present church, a small run­
down building, is wholly inadequate for
the needs of the Catholic population —
with 8,000 regular communicants and
over 900 first communions yearly... The
church cannot accommodate all the
parishioners or even a good proportion
of them. People faint from the crowded
atmosphere and others have to stand in
the churchyard or even in the street..."
Mr. Kuroyedov pledged to supply an
answer regarding necessary arrange­
ments through the executive committee
of the city of Klaipeda.
However, having received noreplyby
December 5,1981, the Klaipeda Catho­
lic Committee and believers sent a
statement signed by 230 to Mr. A.
Zaliue, chairman of the Klaipeda execu­
tive committee, demanding the return
of the confiscated church.
Mr. Kuroyedov is known for his
aggressive suppression of religion,
especially in the area of restricting
clerical control of Church affairs.
Under Mr. Kuroyedov's direction, the
government closed down thousands of
Orthodox churches and stopped young
people under 18 participating in church'
services.
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 25. 1982 3
Although the study has been cited by
those advocating strident restrictions in
Soviet exports, on the other hand,
valued at internal ruble prices, totaled auxiliary bishop
East-West trade, several experts have about S billion rubles in 1960 (about 3.5
been quick to point out that the Census percent of national income), about 10 WINNIPEG - Pope John Paul II
Bureau methodology and figures are billion in 1970 and about 32 billion has appointed the Rev. Myron Daciuk
open to interpretation. The British rubles (7 percent of national income) in OSBM as auxiliary bishop to Arch­
journal, The Economist, said that basing 1980. Under the old method of calculat­ bishop-Metropolitan Maxim Her-
import-export estimates on domestic ing exports, the value of exports would maniuk of Canada, reported Progress, a
Ukrainian Catholic weekly published
prices based on the real value of the have appeared higher.
ruble can be misleading in several areas. here.
For example, Messrs. Kostinsky and Although the new figures show that News of the appointment first ap­
Treml said that among advanced com­ the Soviet Union is about as dependent peared in the July 7 issue of L,Osserva-
puters in the Soviet Union, SO to 80 on international trade as is the United tore Romano, the Vatican's official
percent have major, vital foreign-made States, they also indicate that, unlike newspaper.
components. Yet, since the Soviet this country, the USSR must import The Rev. Daciuk is pastor of the
Union does hot have the technology to essential industrial and agricultural Ukrainian Catholic parish in Van­
manufacture its own advanced com­ products, many from Western nations. couver, B.C. No date has yet been
puters, it would be impossible to esti­ announced for his consecration.
mate the domestic price or value of such Using the new method, Mr. Kostin­ The Rev. Daciuk was born in Mun-
machinery, the Economist said. sky said that probably a bit over half of dare, Alta., on November 16, 1919. He
all Soviet imports come from non- entered the novitiate of the Basilian
Fathers on April 24,1936, and made his
Nevertheless, the study does reveal Communist countries. Major imports
monastic profession on November 14,
that in such areas as grain and animal in 1981, he said, were machinery and
J942. He was ordained by the late
feed, the Soviets are indeed spending a equipment (30 percent of imports), food
Archbishop Wasyl Ladyka on January
larger portion of their national income and feed gains (28 percent), industrial
10, 1945, in Grimsby, Ont.
than was previously believed. National consumer goods (13 percent), metals
income, as used in the Soviet Union, is and ores (10.3 percent) and chemicals (S The Rev. Daciuk has served parishes
similar to gross national product used in percent). in New Kiev, Plain Lake, Inisfree,
the United States. In releasing the report, Census Bu­ Levoy and Borshchiv, Alta.; Montreal,
reau director Bruce Chapman said, Grimsby, Winnipeg, Edmonton and
Soviet imports valued at internal "The implication...is that the Soviet Vancouver.
ruble prices rose from about 12 billion Union is (also) far more vulnerable to He taught at the Basilian seminary in
rubles in 1960 (about 8 percent of economic sanctions" than previously Grimsby, and served as master of
national income) to about 25 billion in believed. Although the study appeared novices and superior of the monastery
1970 (9 percent of national income) and to support the Reagan administration's in Mundare. He has also conducted
92 billion rubles in 1980 (20 percent of stand on economic sanctions against the missions andretreatsthroughout Cana­
national income). Under the old method Soviets, Mr. Chapman said it was not da.
of calculating, the 1980 value would undertaken for that purpose but was In 1963 he was named provincial of
have been Only about 45 billion rubles one of many assesmentsregularlymade the Order of St. Basil the Great in
or just below 10 percent of national by the bureau's foreign demographic Canada and the United States and
income. analysis division. served in that capacity for six years.
RCI Ukrainian program: 30 years of service
by Roman Olynyk one of the surest ways to mutual under­ also speaking in Ukrainian,referredto
the "enormous progress" made by the
standing and peace between nations is
OTTAWA — Thirty years ago, on through the free exchange of informa­ Ukrainian immigrants like his own
father, and their descendants like
July 1, 1952, Radio Canada's listeners tion. We earnestly desire this exchange;
in Eastern Europe received their first and it is no fault of ours that we have himself.
signal from Canada in Ukrainian: been unable to break the artificial wall Since the Ukrainian Canadian Com­
"Hovoryt Kanada." Thus, the second which the Soviet authorities have mittee had been the chief promoter of
largest East European language joined erected to isolate you from other coun­ the Ukrainian-language program on
1
the family of the earlier established tries. However, if these transmissions Canada's short-wave system, it was
language programs, to project Canada's succeed, even in a modest degree, in fitting that in the second day's broad­
image to some 40 million Ukrainian- penetrating this wall, in establishing cast, July 2r- 1952, the committee^
speaking listeners overseas. contact between the Canadian people president, the Rev. Dr. Wasyl Kushnir
The occasion was important enough and the Ukrainian people, in promoting of Winnipeg, addressed the listeners in
for Lester B. Pearson, then secretary of amongst you understanding and sym­ Ukraine as well. His remarks on the
state for external affairs, to speak pathy for the outside world and in good fortunes of Ukrainian immigrants
personally on the program. dispelling the fear and tension created and their descendants in Canada were
by Soviet propaganda, then they will complemented on the same 15-minute
He said:
program by those of the primates of the
"A feature of Canada of special have justified their existence.
two Ukrainian Churches in Canada:
significance in connection with this new
"It is with the sincere and fervent Archbishop Ilarion of the Ukrainian
Ukrainian program is in fact that
Orthodox Church and Archbishop
Ukrainian settlers and their descen­ hope that this aim may be achieved that
Wasyl of the Ukrainian Catholic Church
dants form one of the largest of the I now take the advantage of this first
of Canada.
national groups which, added to the opportunity to extend to the Ukrainian
basic British and French elements of the people by radio the friendly greetings During the last 30 years the Ukrai­
population, make up the Canadian and best wishes of the people of Ca­ nian-language program has developed
people today. These Canadians of nada." into a full-fledged programming of two
Ukrainian origin enjoy the same wide Listeners both in Ukraine and other broadcasts a day: one half-hour broad­
democratic rights and freedoms as all Sovietrepublicsas well as those residing cast at 3 p.m. UTC (Coordinated UmV
other Canadians. in Poland, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, versal Time, formerly Greenwich Mean
Hungary and Yugoslavia heard two Time) and a 15-minute program
"In this favorable environment, they other official speakers on the same at 4:30 p.m. The r e s p o n s e
have prospered and multiplied and program from Montreal. of the listeners, soon after the jamming
become most valuable and contented John Decore, Liberal MP from of Radio Canada broadcasts by the
citizens of Canada. To Canada's varie­ Vegreville, Alta., said: "From now on, Soviet Union had been abolished, was
gated culture, they made important you will continually hear through very instructive: in spite of all external
contributions from the rich cultural Radio Canada about our way of life and interference, the Ukrainian and other
heritage of Ukraine. One of the purposes about the true feelings of the people of Radio Canada International programs,
of this program will be to tell you this truly democratic country ... There have found their mark and steadily
something about the people who came are now (1952) approximately half a acquired a faithful following.
from Ukraine and settled here in Ca­ million Canadian citizens of Ukrainian On the threshold of the fourth decade,
nada and also, more generally, to origin in Canada ... Though born on the Ukrainian section — as one of 11
interest you in our land, our history, our this side of the ocean, we, Ukrainiaa- RCI language programs —continues to
people and our way of life. At the same Canadians, never forget you ... I would fulfill the objective of Radio Canada
time, it will be our purpose to bring you like to assure you that not only the International: "to reflect the realities
truthful, unbiased information about Ukrainian Canadians but all the people and quality of Canadian life and cul­
the world and world events, informa­ of this country as well take sincere ture, Canada's national interests and
tion which should help you to see the interest in your human condition..."
policies and the spectrum of Canadian
world as it really is. Michael Starr of OjhawaJ Ont., viewpoints on national and interna­
. "It is our conviction in Canada that conservative member of Parliament,
tional affairs."
 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1982 Nu30

unique needs of Canadians of other

UFU offers new S1,000 prize
„и,,
NEW „YORK
л„- „ -
- Beginning ... the
with ..
1982-83 academic year, the Ukrainian
Free University Foundation will offer a
51,000 prize in the name of Dr. My kola
and Wolodymyra Cenko for the most
outstanding study on the Ukrainian
family and its role in safeguarding the
Ukrainian identity.
The selection will be made by a
committee consisting of Prof. Iwan
Holowinsky of Rutgers University,
Prof. WolodymyT Bandera of Temple
University and Prof. Vsevolod Isajiw of
the University of Toronto. Serving as
jury advisors will be Omeljan Tyshownyt-
sky, who has written on the subject, and
Prof. Petro Goy of the UFU Founda­
tion.
The committee will accept unpublish­
. . . . ,„ . . . -
ed works in both Ukrainian and En­
glish, including master's and doctoral
projects dealing with the Ukrainian
family and national identity in the
diaspora. More detailed guidelines will
be announced later by the committee.
The prize is part of a 55,000 fund for
safeguarding the Ukrainian family set
up by Dr. Mykola Cenko and his son Dr.
Oleksiy Cenko in the name of the
former's wife, the late Wolodymyra
Cenko. The family has also established
a prize for bibliography which is award­
ed yearly by the Harvard Ukrainian
Research Institute. In addition, the
Cenkos have donated 55,000 for the
dome of the Ukrainian church in
Lourdes, France, as well as 52,500 for a
literary fund in Chicago.
Savaryn installed...
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University of Alberta Senate and on the
board of governors. (For a biography of
Mr. Savaryn, see page 4.)
An editorial in the Edmonton Journal
described Mr. Savaryn as a man "who
embodies the classic Western Cana­
dian story - a man who came to
Canada from Ukraine, worked as a
laborer in Ontario, then followed the
national dream west to Alberta, where
he eventually graduated from the U. of
A. in law."
"Above all," the editorial pointed
out, "Peter Savaryn is known as a man
highly conscious of the blessings of this
land, and who works tenaciously to
protect them."
origins."
"I think it is time that Canada's
universities were enlisted in the task of
building and sustaining a multicultural
nation. And I submit that the place to
begin is to recognize the value of
bilingualism in education at all levels of
official and non-official languages,'' he
stressed.
A university chancellor is drawn from
the community at large, and his duty is
to represent the public interest at the
university. The chancellor sits on the
board of governors, chairs the Univer­
sity Senate, confers degrees at convoca­
tions and represents the university at
various events.
Mr. Savaryn, a Ukrainian commu­
nity and Progressive Conservative
Party activist, previously served on the

Janiw has audience with pontiff Profile: Peter Savaryn

by Dr. Manoly R. Lupul east of Edmonton on Highway 16,
and Ukrainian-English bilingual
On June 10, 1949, Peter Savaryn education. He is also a member of the
left the Greek ship Nea Hellas at Fort Edmonton Historical Founda­
Halifax and set foot on Canadian soil tion.
for the first time. It was a very "The advancement of learning is
important day for him and a fortu­ the highest commandment,'' wrote
nate one for his newly adopted land. Maimonides. Such is the motto of
In the years that followed, Mr. Savaryn the Canadian Foundation for Ukrai­
carved out a fine career for himself nian Studies, placed there by Mr.
in the legal profession and gave of Savaryn when he assumed the presi­
himself generously in the pursuit of dency in 1979. His interest in post-
numerous community goals. secondary education is deep and
Peter Savaryn was born in Western abiding. From 1972 to 1978, he
Ukraine on September 17, 1926, served two terms on the Board of
where, besides Ukrainian, he learned Governors and the Senate of the
to speak German, Polish and Rus­ University of Alberta. He also contri­
sian, to which he added English in buted much to the creation of the
Canada. After a year on an Ontario Alberta Heritage Medical Research
farm and another as a laborer and Foundation and to the establishment
carpenter in Edmonton, he enrolled on campus of the Canadian Institute
in pre-law at the University of Al­ of Ukrainian Studies.
Pope John Paul II granted an audience on July 1 to Or. Wolodymyr Janiw, berta in 1951 and was admitted to the His participation in politics has '
rector of the Ukrainian Free University based in Munich, West Germany. bar six years later. In 1959 he esta­ been equally distinguished. He has
During the half-hour audience, Dr. Janiw presented the pope with 14 books, blished his own law office, and in been president of the Alberta Pro­
published by the UFU, the Ukrainian Christian Movement and the 1974 he was appointed queen's gressive Conservative Association
counsel. and vice president for Alberta of the
Shevchenko Scientific Society, that dealt with the subject of religion and
the Church in Ukraine. Dr. Janiw also told the prelate about preparations for Anyone who has ever seen Peter national Progressive Conservative
the upcoming millennium of Christianity in Ukraine. Pope John Paul II Savaryn's appointments book knows Party. He has served as chairman of a
expressed his interest In the Ukrainian Church and said he would offer that he seldom lunches alone and great many PC committees, meet­
prayers for the Ukrainian nation. He gave Dr. Janiw a rosary. During his stay that he has very few free evenings. ings and seminars and has been an
in Rome, Dr. Janiw also met with Archbishop-Coadjutor Myroslav Over the years he has contributed indefatigable fund raiser for numer­
Lubachivsky and Bishop Andrew. much to a great many community ous political and charitable causes.
organizations and projects, most His apprenticeship for the post of
often in an executive capacity. chancellor of the University of Al­
Exhibit of Lithuanian dissent available He has been president in Edmon­ berta has therefore been a lengthy
ton of the Ukrainian Canadian Com­ one. Through hard work, careful
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - An exhibit of publishers and accompanying back­ mittee, the Ukrainian Professional planning, continuous learning and a
dissident publications from Lithuania ground information. and Business Club and the Plast keen desire to assist his fellow man in
and a series of slides depicting the The slide show, titled the "Human- Ukrainian Youth Organization, to realizing clearly defined objectives,
human-rights movement in that Soviet Rights Movement in Lithuania," con­ which he owes his passion for hiking. Mr. Savaryn has been a model of
Baltic republic are being made available sists of 36 black-and-white slides (35 Since 1963, he has been chairman dedicated service to young and old
to universities, libraries and other mm) and a text which describes the of the Unemployment Insurance alike. By reaching out and sharing his
institutions by the Lithuanian Informa­ violation of national and religious Commission's board of references. life with others, he has helped to
tion Center based here. rights in the predominantly Roman He is also on the board of directors of create a better climate or atmosphere
The purpose of the exhibit, which Catholic republic. Heritage Savings and Trust, St. in which to sustain and develop
consists of six display panels, is to Both can be reserved through the Josaphat's Senior Citizens Home Canada's multicultural society.
acquaint viewers with unofficial samvy- Lithuanian Information Center with a and St. Michael's Nursing Home and For his efforts, he has been honor­
dav activities in Lithuania, which was minimum contribution of S15 for the a member of the following service ed with numerous well-deserved
annexed along with Estonia and Latvia exhibit and S5 for the slide show. organizations: the YMCA, Canada awards. He is an honorary citizen of
by the Soviets in 1940. Checks should be made out to Lithua­ West Foundation, Canadian Wild­ Winnipeg, and honorary life member
Sample texts from original Lithua­ nian Catholic Religious Aid, 351 High­ life Federation and the Alpine Club of Edmonton's Ukrainian Profes­
nian samvydav are highlighted with land Blvd., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207. of Canada. sional and Business Club. He is a
photographs of dissident underground Contributions are tax deductible. With history as his principle hobby, recipient of the Shevchenko Medal
he has been a frequent contributor to from the national executive of the
the Ukrainian press. In the last Ukrainian Canadian Committee, the
decade, he has played a large role in Badge of Eternal Fire (in gold) from
Friends of HURI pamphlet distributed the development of the Ukrainian Plast's national executive, and the
Cultural Heritage Village, 25 miles Citation for Meritorius Service from
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The similar mailings are planned for the the credit union movement in the
Friends of the Harvard Ukrai­ Armenian, Byelorussian, Georgian and Edmonton district.
nian Research Institute has undertaken Turkic communities. Maribly R. Lupul is professor of
a mailing of its pamphlet, "Russia or the educational foundations and direc­ As chancellor, Mr. Savaryn will be
Ukrainian organizations and com­
Soviet Union? There is a Difference," to munity members who have not yet seen tor of the Canadian Institute of assisted and encouraged by his charm­
Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Ukrainian Studies. ing and equally dedicated wife Olya^
the brochure by Dr. Frank E. Sysyn and their three talented children
organizations in the United States. may obtain a sample copy and a price- Dr. Lupul prepared this biography Halia, Michael and Vera, all of
A sample copy and price list for bulk list by sending 51 to: "There is a for the program book published on whom graduated from the University
purchase was sent out to central Baltic Difference," Friends of HURL Ukrai­ the occasion of Peter Savaryn's
organizations, and a news release was nian Research Institute, Harvard Uni­ installation as chancellor of the Above all, Mr. Savaryn is a friend-
mailed to major newspapers. The first versity, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., Cam­ University of Alberta. (Cosdamd on page 13)
orders are already being received, and bridge, Mass. 02138.
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Chancellor Savaryn: "a university must transmit values"
Below is the text of Peter Savaryn's
inaugural address as chancellor of the
University of Alberta.
Your honor, I feel deeply honored to
have had the oath of office administered
by you. Mr. Pidruchney, I wish to thank
you for your very kind words, which are
mostly undeserved.
Your honor, your excellencies, my
lords, honorable members of the Cabi­
net and Legislative Assembly, Mr.
President, Mr. Chairman of the board
of governors, distinguished members of
the faculty, students, family members
and friends:
My first duty is to thank my nomina­
tors, the members of the Search Com­
mittee and the members of the Senate
for electing me. In doing so, you have
bestowed upon me a great honor, for
the position of chancellor has been filled
by 10 illustrious men and one especially
talented lady. I wish to thank also all
who sent me messages of congratula­
tions and best wishes. Most of all,
however, I wish to thank the members
of my family, and especially my wife
Olya, without whose love, support and
encouragement I would not be here
today. I lack words to express how
much I owe to her.
My second duty is to explain why I
aspired to become chancellor. There are
two main reasons. The first is that, like
Maimonides, I really do believe that
"The advancement of learning is the
highest commandment." I shall return
to this point later. The second reason is
more personal. The University of Al­
berta is my alma mater. It did so much
for me and my family that 1 felt I should
pay it back, however, modestly, by
offering it my time, my knowledge and
my experience. Of course, onlytimewill
tell whether I will succeed, but at least I
will not blame myself for not trying. I
realize, of course, that from now on
much of my strength and my usefulness
will depend upon the assistance of
others: the Senate, the staff, the ad­
ministration, the students, the alumni,
the government and the people of the
province. Public office to me is public
service, a partner of which is public
trust, and I hope that the people I will
soon be serving will be kind to me.
My third duty — a tribute to my very
capable predecessor, Jean Forest — is
equally pleasant To serve in any public
office requires a great deal of courage,
dedication and generosity. Jean Forest
has all of these fine qualities in great
abundance. As a result, this university
will not only remember her for being the
first lady chancellor, but also for the
grace and wit which she brought to that
position. May God bless you, Jean, in
whatever you undertake in the future; I
personally look forward to working
with you in your capacity as honorary
chairman of the university's 75th anni­
versary committee.
I am no orator, and I do not intend to
expand on the abstract advantages of
knowledge or the beauties of self-
improvement. However, I thought you
might wish to have some of my views on
the university and on education. Each
of us sees things a little differently, and I
would ask that you take my words in the
spirit in which they are offered — as one
person's point of view.
University
What is a university? To me, the
university and knowledge are synony­
mous. The university is a depository of all
the knowledge and experience of the
past and all the knowledge and ability of
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1982 5
the present. It transmits that knowledge of their origins, whatever be their race, distinct nationalities without oppress­
to the students, along with the values color or nationality and however long ing them. Those in which no mixture of
without which knowledge alone is they lived in Canada. This is perfectly races has occurred are imperfect; And
useless. The university is also a dis­ normal; this is how it should be. But those in which its effects have disap­
coverer of new knowledge. To me, the here are two aspects that the universities peared are decrepit. A state which is
should consider in developing programs
university, as a rich depository, as an incompetent to satisfy different races
of study.
effective transmitter and as a diligent condemns itself; a state which labors to
discoverer of new knowledge, is an The first is that 70 percent of Ca­ neutralize, to absorb or to expel them,
invaluable public resource in the service nada's territory west of Ontario is destroys its own vitality."
of the people. inhabited by about 8 million people and
the origins of the majority of them are
Taken together, the professors, stu­
dents, administrators and facilities neither British nor French^. They are The professors
tax-paying, law-abiding, good Cana­
constitute the university. They contri­
bute to the thought, the moral energy, dian citizens. They claim recognition, To me, teaching has always been a
but they claim even more the right to be sacred undertaking, because knowledge
the intellectual happiness and the
spiritual hope of society. While finances "different," i.e., to be themselves. The is useless unless it is communicated to
universities need to take more note of students and directed toward a more
are important, the true measure of a
university is its ability to deal in culture that when developing curricula and tolerant, cultured and civilized world.
above the mere mathematics of life. The providing facilities. We need professors whose thoughts and
university's true measure is its ability to actions go together, because only
The second significant aspect of
graduate men and women ready and multiculturalism to be noted is the thoughts proved in action become
willing to serve the nation as good truth, become reality, become life itself.
reference to it in the new Canadian
useful citizens who also know how to Constitution. Section 27 states: "This Nothing, including politics, should be
judge the life they enjoy. "above" professors at the university,
charter shall be interpreted in a manner
consistent with the preservation and because it is their duty to pass on to the
students not only what they have
Education enhancement of the multicultural heri­
tage of Canadians." learned from books and from nature,
but also all they have learned from life
According to Milton, education is The above section also obliges uni­ itself, from the actions of living people.
that which fits a man or a woman for all versities to take care that what is taught
private and public duties, in peace and is sufficiently broad to encompass more
in war. I believe in such a well-balanced than the two "founding nations."There The students
education. The sciences and the arts is strength in diversity, there is beauty in
should be learned at the same time. cultural variety, and the ethnic com­ I wish first to remind the students of
They are sisters, two sides of the same position of Canada's West calls for the an old Roman saying: "Non scholae sed
coin. I believe also that there is a price to recognition of the unique needs of vitae discimus." Education does not
be paid for one-sided education. A legal Canadians of "other origins." Each one come without toil, without exertion,
dictionary is not a criminal code. Order, of us is different As such we have to and it is not easy to learn the laws that
meaning and purpose is necessary in struggle endlessly to maintain our govern life, and even harder to grasp
everything. The truly educated not only "identity," our ways, our views, our God's laws. Yet, learn them we must.
have knowledge, but they can also beliefs. We are the products of our Each and every student entering a
recognize "the music of the spheres"and culture, our upbringing. We are a blend university should ask: What will I do
get a comprehensive view of whatever of the old and new worlds. with the education I receive? Will I use it
' life can offer. simply to 'deal in perishables" or will I
The majority of many western Cana-
emerge useful to my fellow man? The
Education cannot and will not gua­ dians are bicultural and bilingual diploma is not enough. People today
rantee happiness or security against the human beings. To these Canadians, look behind diplomas and search not
misfortunes of the world. It is not a unilingualism in education, while not only for skills, but also for values and
vaccine against pain, grief and loss. It harmful, is at best a one-way street to the willingness to contribute, to be of
can, however, give us the necessary the proverbial melting pot. Language service. Try to base your "great expec­
strength to survive such misfortunes and culture are inextricably linked. tations" on what you yourself will do,
without losing faith in life and in one's Without bilingualism, the individual's produce or contribute, and not on what
fellow human beings. biculturalism is weak, and without a
healthy biculturalism, the base disap­ others or the government will provide
for you. Remember that it is you who
Purposes of university pears for Canada's proud identity as a
multicultural country. will have to take over and show the way.
As you live, others will try to live also.
The Senate Report on University I think it is time that Canada's
Purposes has just been released and I universities were enlisted in the task of
commend it to all who are seriously building and sustaining a multicultural Government
interested in the future welfare of the nation. And I submit that the place to
Honorable members of the Legisla­
University of Alberta. It states that a begin is to recognize the value of
tive Assembly: we are honored by your
university has traditionally had four bilingualism in education at all levels in
presence today. It gives us hope that the
interrelated purposes: the preservation official and non-official languages. In close and honorable alliance that has
of knowledge, the discovery of know­ recent years the university has given up existed between the government and
ledge, the communication of knowledge the lead in language learning to the this university for 75 years will continue.
and service to society. governments and the school systems. It
is time that the university resumed its I do not need to tell you that the future
Since I am not sure whether the former place as the main advocate of of this province is being forged mostly
"communication of knowledge" in­ second-language learning in the coun­ in the institutions of learning. The
cludes the communication of values, I try. I would prefer to see the Senate's resources available to universities must
would add the latter as the fifth pur­ initiatives to date as preliminary to be sufficient to permit scholars, re­
pose. In a world that grows more further efforts in that direction for the searchers, philosophers and scientists to
complicated daily, we need people in the good of the individual and the country. concentrate on their jobs. There is no
professions, in industry, in labor and in better or safer investment, nor one
business with principles or values to We admire the economic accomplish­ which yields better than an investment
ensure rules of action, integrity, justice, ments of the Japanese and long for in learning. Can anyone pay too much
fairness and idealism. However diffi­ mutual advantage. But when the Japa­ for education?
cult it may be, a university must try to nese sell to us they use English, and Nothing is so costly as ignorance, and
transmit values. when we try to sell to the Japanese we nothing, by comparison, is as cheap as
While desire and reality may never too use English. That is hardly the way knowledge. Of course, one must guard
meet, it is important that we never lose to win friends and influence people. We against waste and insist that every
sight of the desire for whatsoever things all know that, and the University of dollar is accounted for. What some call
are true, as dreams often transform Alberta must try harder to change the the "wareh ousing of students "must also
reality. We must, of course, teach the Situation. There is much innate Kiyikrir be resisted. People who are incapable or
young how to read, but we should also ability to be tapped in western Canada, unwilling to learn have no place at a
teach them what is worth reading and and the University of Alberta must do university. But for those who can profit
especially how that "worth" is deter­ all it can to release the rich cultural from it we should strive to provide the
mined. potential. best education possible for every dollar
Under the purposes of the university, On this subject, I would propose that we can afford to spend.
it is well to note briefly a dimension that Lord Acton's words be the university's
universities have tended to ignore until guide. In 1862, he wrote in his article 75th anniversary
recently, namely, multiculturalism. As "On Nationality":
you may know, I am by birth a Ukrai­ "Those states are substantially the Since I begin my term of office on the
nian and proud of it. People are proud most perfect which include various (Continued oa paft 14)

rainian Weekl v
Jaruzelski's beau geste
In a move obviously orchestrated to take some heat off his loathsome
regime, Polish strongman, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, announced on
July 21 that his government was releasing some 1,200 people detained
under martial law. In addition, the general told Parliament that he was
easing travel and communication restrictions which have been in effect
since last December 13 when the present junta seized power. Clearly,
the general's actions amount to little more than beau geste. With a firm
eye on continued U.S.-European dithering over the extent and
effectiveness of Western trade sanctions against Poland and its partner
in crime, the Soviet Union, Gen. Jaruzelski must be hoping that his
gesture of apparent magnanimity will induce the more moderate
members of the European alliance to convince an increasingly hawkish
Washington to call off the dogs.
But first, to the particulars of the Jaruzelski gambit. Although the
general announced the release of the 1,200, including all the women, he
said nothing about the 4,000 to 6,000 people Western sources say are
awaiting trial on charges of violating martial law regulations. He also
said nothing about the fate of Lech Walesa, the leader of the Solidarity
free trade union, who has been in solitary detention for seven months.
Nor did he mention the other national and local leaders of the union. A
spokesman for the government, however, did refer to Mr. Walesa's
philosophy as reflecting "deep anti-communism" and "God-fearing
attitudes." Such words do not bode well for the prospects of Mr.
Walesa being released in the foreseeable future.
Moreover, the Jaruzelski announcement also indicated that the
junta is willing to hold hostage Pope John Paul II's planned trip to his
homeland. Despite the fact that the Poles are this year celebrating the
600th anniversary of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, the revered
national icon, Gen. Jaruzelski said that conditions are not right for a
papal visit. He indicated that the pope would be allowed to visit and
that martial law would be lifted when there is an unequivocal lowering
of tensions. Yet, with the Polish economy on its knees and the memory
of the heady days of freedom brought on by the advent of Solidarity in
the summer of 1980 still fresh in the minds of most Poles, it is highly
unlikely that citizens will soon adopt a forgive-and-forget posture
toward the junta and embrace the military regime.
So, besides the release of 1,200 Polish citizens who had no business
being in custody anyway, things in Poland remain pretty much the
same. Gen. Jaruzelski's ploy is hardly the sweeping stroke of
liberalization that remains the sine qua non for a lifting of restrictions
and sanctions imposed by the United States against the Warsaw
regime and its puppeteers in Moscow. To its credit, the Reagan
administration has not officially rejected the measures as inadequate
of serious consideration, choosing first to at least go through the
motions of consultation with the allies, many of whom are still
smarting over what they perceive as being bulldogged by the United
States vis-a-vis the parts .for the Soviet natural gas pipeline. But
privately, State Department officials have made it clear that Mr.
Jaruzelski's gesture does not go far enough to warrant a reconsidera-
tion of U.S. sanctions against Poland, and that his beau geste is simply
not beau ideal.
Pat Bilon is so E.T.I
O, ye of little faith. humbly refer you to the July 19 issue
YouVe read The Weekly's story of of Newsweek. In the "Newsmakers"
the real E.T., but you don't believe it. section, director Steven Spielberg
You send us clippings from the New set the story straight by telling
York Daily News and the Star and Newsweek that Miss De Treaux was
write us notes like: "Who is-right? just a stand-in for Mr. Bilon. He is
You or the Daily News?" quoted as saying: "Unfortunately,
This after we'd explained the Miss De Treaux, who has been
Tamara De Treaux development and making many claims, in fact only
pointed to Pat Bilon as the real, real appeared in the last scene."
E.T.
Well, if you refuse to believe the We rest our case. But remember:
July 11 issue of The Weekly, we you read it here first.
, JULY 25.1982
Commentary
Carpatho-Ruthenians and Ukrainians:
on their mutual perceptions
by Dr. Frank E. Sysyn the modern designation "Ukrainian,"
Ukrainians gained a common name and
Any contacts between the Carpatho- differentiated themselves clearly from
Ruthenian and Ukrainian communities Russians. However by rejecting the
in the United States must be based on traditional name "Rusyn," (Ruthenian),
each community understanding the once used by all Ukrainians and in the
attitudes and self-perceptions of the 19th century used by Ukrainians west of
other group. Such understanding will the Dnieper, they cut themselves off
not come easily because the two groups from their past and unleashed contro-
hold contradictory views of their identi- versies in Austrian Galicia and Buko-i
ties and interrelations. vina and Hungarian Transcarpathia
The Ukrainian community sees Car- that complicated the process of modern
patho-Ruthenians as a regional group- nation-building.
ing of the Ukrainian nation and believes All these factors must be kept in mind
that the descendants of Carpatho- when the Ukrainian community deals
Ruthenians should properly be part of with the Carpatho-Ruthenian commu-
the American Ukrainian community. nity. The immigrants from Transcar-
The Carpatho-Ruthenian commu- pathia who arrived before World War I
nity views itself as descending from a represented a people strongly differen-
people distinct from the Ukrainians and tiated from other Ukrainian speakers by
believes that its American community their experience as inhabitants of the
should remain separate from the Ukrai- Hungarian crown of St. Stephen. The
nian-American community. only national name they knew was
In order to facilitate dialogue I wish "Rusyn" or Ruthenian. Many were
to make a number of observations on illiterate, and what schooling they had
each community's attitudes in the hope was in Hungarian not in their native
that they will serve as a platform for tongue. In the United States, they found
discussions. considerable differences in outlook and
When Ukrainian Americans deal traditions between themselves and the
with the Carpatho-Ruthenian commu- Galician Ruthenians (Rusyny), who
nity, they should remember that com- were beginning to accept the new name
mon language, customs and traditions Ukrainian. The government of Hun-
are not sufficient to form common gary sought to retain influence over
nationality. Although linguistic, cultural them by keeping them separate from the
and historical factors have served to Galician Ruthenians, while the Russian
define modern nations, the definition of Orthodox Church sought to fan their
what national territories should be or discontent with the Roman Catholic
what populations constitute a nation hierarchy to promote conversions.
has never been clear-cut. Political Out of these religious and national
factors have frequently outweighed controversies specifically Carpatho-
culturo-linguistic ones. Ruthenian fraternal and religious or-
Hence Germans and Austrians now ganizations were formed, although they
have distinct national consciousnesses could not agree on a common name or
and a Belgian nation exists (at least at national-cultural platform. Subject to
present) even though Belgians are the process of assimilation that all
divided into Dutch- and French-speak- American groups undergo, little
ing communities. augmented by subsequent waves of
Modern nations have been built by a immigration, and relatively cut-off
complex process of disseminating a from its homeland, the Carpatho-
unified literary language, culture and Ruthenian community has evinced a
national consciousness to the masses of relatively low level of cultural retentive-
the population. As Eugene Weber has ness or awareness. At present it is
shown in his recent study, "Peasants composed overwhelmingly of the Ame-
into Frenchmen," the spread of modern rican-born, most of whom only know
national identity to peasant masses was English, and many of whom are tied to
relatively late even in Western Europe the community only by the Church.
in conditions in which a state favored I believe that Ukrainian Americans
the spread of national identity and had a should keep in mind that given the
wide array of educational and cultural difficulties of modern Ukrainian nation-
institutions at its disposal. building it is not surprising that des-
The process of modem Ukrainian cendants of immigrants who came at the
nation-building was particularly diffi- turn of the century from a region with so
cult. Widespread literacy, mass commu- different a history from the rest of the
nication and urbanization came late to Ukrainian lands should not possess
the Ukrainian territories. Governments Ukrainian identity. They should also be
such as tsarist Russia, the kingdom of aware that for most members of the
Hungary, and interwar Poland reverted Carpatho-Ruthenian group, knowledge
to brutal measures to retard the growth of the "old country" and its culture is
of national consciousness among the limited and interest in ethnicity is
Ukrainian masses. The failure to set up peripheral.
an independent state in 1917-21 deprived The Carpatho-Ruthenian commu-
the Ukrainian movement of a major nity faces considerable problems in
instrument of, and focus for, nation- maintaining an identity separate from
building. Ukrainian. There is no single "Car-
Although the Soviet government has patho-Ruthenian" dialect, and the
recognized the existence of a Ukrainian Lemko and Boyko dialects also exist in
nation, it has assured that the Ukrainian Galicia, while the Hutsul dialect trans-
SSR remains a political non-entity, has verses Transcarpathia, Galicia and
undermined the fabric of authentic Bukovina. It is therefore very difficult
Ukrainian culture and has sought to to speak of a common "Carpatho-
Russify the Ukrainian populace. Ruthenian language." It is true that the
To all these obstacles to modern spoken language of the Carpatho-
nation-building, a problem of nomen- Ruthenian immigrants differed from
clature has been added. By accepting that of even Galicians who spoke the
same dialects because of differing
Dr. Frank E. Sysyn is assistant infusions of Magyar, Polish, Slovak
professor of history at Harvard Univer- and Rumanian words.
sity, (Continued on page I t )
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Pert H
The methodological dilemma
In approaching our intellectual prob­
lem, it is скат that we confront a
number of fundamental methodological
problems. How can one consider a
relationship between Jews and Ukrai­
nians? Along what dimensions ought we
consider the relationship? In what
context should the consideration take
place?
Clearly, the experience of two people
and two cultures which shared a history
within a certain geographic location
over a very long period of time suggests
many points of departure for intellectual
considerations.
In our view, the first point of de­
parture - which we reject - is the
notion of national character. The term
"national character"and variations
thereon, has been known for a long
time. Nations, especially European
nations, tend to have long and con-
tinous histories, and these nations tend
to develop within their populations self-
conscious awareness of their differences
from other nations.
In ordinary speech we often tend to
talk about, for example, the difference
between being a Canadian as opposed
to being a European or an American.
Generally, we have in mind a complex
set of attitudes, behavior patterns and
generalized outlooks which a certain
population within one nation-state
shares and which distinguishes it from
those attitudes, behavior patterns, and
generalized outlooks of another nation-
state.
The term "national character" has
acquired a specific meaning in social
science. It is generally understood to
mean the enduring personality cha­
racteristics and lifestyles found among
the population of a specific nation-
state. It obviously relates to some set of
basic or fundamental cultural qualities
of a given nation-state or relates to an
underlying set of psychological traits
which characterize that population. The
relationship between culture and per­
sonality has led some individuals to try
to develop the notion of "basic persona­
lity" which characterizes the population
of a certain nation-state, and the con­
cept of the "modal personality" was
further developed from this basic con­
ception.17
While the notion of "national cha­
racter" had a certain legitimacy in the
social sciences for a certain period of
time, it has come under severe and
sustained criticism since the 1950s.
First, it is fundamentally simple-
minded to argue that behavior of people
can be explained by some basic and
omnipresent psychological mechanism,
such as "national character." Second,
within any cultural group, one does find
significant variation between personality
types, cultural predispositions and
behavior patterns. No mono-casual
approach can explain this variety.
Third, "national character" studies have
tended to find rather simplistic explana­
tions for very complex subjects/And,
finally, "national character" studies
have tended to evade the questions of
history.
In approaching the question of Jew­
ish-Ukrainian relations, we have
purposely chosen not to adopt the
"national character" approach. Many
persons have, indeed, come close to
adopting the idea, consciously or in­
advertently. We do not believe that
there is something intrinsic to the
personality or culture of Ukrainians
which makes them, or does not make
them positively or negatively inclined to
Jews. We reject the quasi-national
character argument that we noted in
Dawidowicz earlier. Moreover, in our
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Jewish-Ukrainian relations:
two solitudes
by Peter J. Potichnyj and Howard Aster
view, to be tempted into a "national
character" argument tends to obscure
rather then illuminate our subject.
The eclipse of the significance of the
concept of "national character" as a
useful explanatory and theoretical
concept in the social science proceeded
the rise of the concept of "political
culture." The concept "political culture"
developed as an attempt to bridge the
gap between microanalysis with its
emphasis on the psychological interpre­
tations of individual political behavior
and the level of macroanalysis which
tends of focus upon political sociology
variables.
The term "political culture" has
acquired a substantial reputation in the
social sciences for a variety of reasons.
First, it tends to bring together psycho­
logical and sociological concepts and to
use them for the understanding of
political behavior. Second, it tends to be
a useful way of doing comparative
analysis. Third, it tends to direct social
scientists into considerations of cultural
phenomena and the process of socializa­
tion whereby individual learns the
modalities of cultural objects."
While the concept "political culture"
has acquired a degree of legitimacy in
social science, it also has been subject to
a number of major criticisms.
First, it.appears to be a marginal
improvement over the notion of "na­
tional character" — but not a radical
improvement In basing explanations
on fundamentally psychological variables,
it tends to obscure the complexity of
cultural and political phenomena.
Second, while it has a certain immediate
appeal as an explanatory device, it tends
to be used with such ease and impreci­
sion that in trying to explain everything,
it explains nothing. In effect it tends
towards tautology. Third, the concept
"political culture" tends to be ahisto-
rical. By that we mean that the "political
culture" of any nation in its present
configuration is the product of a com­
plex and long historical development
and that development is intricately
related to various institutional changes,
historical accidents or transformations,
changes in the external environment,
etc. The notion "political culture"as it is
presently used fails to incorporate these
ideas. In view of these difficulties, we
have chosen not to adopt the "political
culture" approach as a basis for the
consideration of our problem.
How then to proceed? We have
chosen to proceed rather simply. As a
first approach, we want to consider the
question of Jewish-Ukrainian relations
from the perspective of the Ukrainian
and then from the perspective of the
Jew. Our notion of a perspective re­
quires some clarification.
Our sense of a perspective relates to
the way in which one achieves an
understanding of a complex problem
through the process of relating the parts
one to another so that one arrives at a
comprehension of the whole. The notion
of a perspective is the position from
which one perceives, assesses and judges
the relative importance of facts, ideas,
feelings, etc., and the consequence
thereof, that is, our ability to under­
stand or comprehend those facts, ideas,
feelings etc. The notion of "position" is
not simply a consequence of economics
or sociology, or history or culture. It
includes them all.
Hence, the notion of perspective, to
us is necessarily an interdisciplinary
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1982
notion and must draw upon the insights
from a wide variety of fields, including
history, politics, folklore, psychology,
economics, etc. Moreover, while we
may suggest that the notion of a per­
spective positions an individual from
which his/her understanding may
emerge, we also want to claim that a
perspective is something shared by
people and groups. We also conceive of
the notion of perspective as something
which changes over time; it is not static.
These changes result from the alterations
in the historical environment in which
people live and the transformations in
which people articulate their environ­
mental and experiential circumstances.
In suggesting that we approach our
subject matter from the point of view of
the perspectives of Ukrainians and
Jews, we are careful to avoid the lapse
into "national character" or "political
culture" arguments.
It is often thought that the un­
equivocal determination of "the facts"
can resolve the question of differing
perspectives. Or, to put it in other terms,
it is sometimes thought that history and
historical scholarship can reveal to us
the correct set of facts such that all
persons who wish to adopt a perspective
on a particular subject matter may be
able to agree. In approaching the
question of Jewish-Ukrainian relations,
there has been an effort to resolve the
differing perspectives of Jews and
Ukrainians by getting the historical
record straight.
In the past number of years we have
been subjected to a very intense effort of
this sort. A number of historians have
dealt with specific periods of Ukrainian
history. They have attempted to use the
"historical record" in order to resolve
the question of differing perspectives.
For example, Tares Hunczak in an
article titled "A Reappraisal of Simon
Petliura and Jewish-Ukrainian Rela­
tions, 1917-21," undertakes a very
careful analysis of Jewish-Ukrainian
relations 1917-21 using a host of pri­
mary and secondary sources.19 He
concludes on the basis of his historical
evidence that "In view of the evidence
presented, the frequently repeated
charge that Petliura was anti-Semitic is
absurb...Equally absurd is the attempt
to establish Petliura "s complicity in the
pogroms against Ukrainian Jewry."2"
He further claims that "In view of the
evidence presented in this paper, to
convict Petliura for the tragedy that
befell Ukrainian Jewry is to condemn
an innocent man and to distort the
record of Ukrainian-Jewish rela­
tions.""
Zosa Szajkowski in his article titled:
"A Reappraisal of Simon Petliura and
Ukrainian-Jewish Relations, 1917-21,
A Rebuttal," states: "In my opinion,
Prof. Hunczak's paper should not have
been published in a journal of serious
Jewish scholarship...The paper is not
based on thorough research; it is rather
a journalistic propaganda article, written
by a man who is familiar neither with
general Ukrainian history nor with its
specific Ukrainian Jewish aspect."23
Dr. Szajkowski's charge against Dr.
Hunczak's poor historical scholarship is
based upon his statement that "Yiddish
and Hebrew sources are completely
ignored by Prof. Hunczak. In fact, the
most important and complete history of
the pogroms during Petliura's regime is
either unknown to him or ignored. I
refer to Ellias Tcherikower's book..."23
He concludes his afjicle article with
the unequivocal statement based upon
his irreproachable historical evidence
that, "the critical utilization of both
Ukrainian and Jewish sources condems
Petliura for his role in leading and
sanctioning the anti-Jewish pogroms in
Ukraine. Of this terrible truth there can
be no doubt."44
Which historical record is correct?
Can one expect historical evidence to
resolve the dispute between Drs.
Hunczak and Szajkowski? Or are we
not faced with the dilemma that the
reading of history by these two histo­
rians is based upon two radically
different perspectives?
In our view the question of Jewish-
Ukrainian relations obviously must
include a historical discussion. How­
ever, the critical reading of history
reveals for us the fact that we are dealing
with two different perspectives. It may
be that there is a "common history"but
that "common history" is not read in the
same manner, or that "common history"
does not speak with the same voice to
Jews and Ukrainians.
If we may argue that historical
evidence does not resolve the questions
of differing perspectives, are we thrown
back to an argument that perspectives
are nothing more but another term for
stereotypes?
The term "stereotype" and its use in
the social sciences is commonly attri­
buted to Walter Lippmann and his
book titled, "Public Opinion."23 It is
interesting to note that Mr. Lippmann
starts with a long quotation from the
VHth book of Plato's "Republic," the
parable of the cave. Clearly Mr. Lipp­
mann accepted Plato's parable as an
example of what he himself had in mind
by using the term stereotype that is
pictures or images in our heads or minds
which give us an erroneous portrait of
reality.
The term sterotype.as Mr. Lippmann
and others have used it, refers to
(Continued oe past 14)
17. Among the most important works on
national character see, Ruth Benedict, "The
Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of
Japanese Culture," Boston, Houghton-
Mifflin, 1946; Ralph Linton, The Cultural
Background of Personality," New York,
Appleton, 1945; Margaret Mead, "National
Character," in "Anthropology Today: An
Encyclopedic Inventory," edited by A. L.
JCroeber, Chicago, University of Chicago
Press, 1953, pp. 642-7, and perhaps the most
important work by Geoffrey Gorer and
John Rickman, "The People of Great
Russia: A Psychological Study," New York,
Norton, 1961
18. The most famous work is by Gabriel
A. Almond and Sidney Verbs, "The Civic
Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy
in Five Nations,"Princeton, Princeton
University Press, 1963; Lucian W. Pye and
Sidney Verbs, eds., "Political Culture and
Political Development," Princeton, Prince­
ton University Press, 1965; and Gabriel A.
Almond and Sidney Verbs, eds., "The Civic
Culture Revisited," Boston, Little Brown
and Co., 1980, especially Chapter 1.
19. Tares Hunczak, "A Reappraisal of
Simon Petlura and Jewish-Ukrainian Rela­
tions, 1917-1921," Jewish Social Studies,
July 1969, pp. 163-83.
20. Ibid., pp. 182-3.
21. Ibid., p. 183.
22 Zosa Szajkowski,. "A Reappraisal of
Simon Petlura and Ukrainian"Jewish Rela­
tions, 1917-1921, A Rebuttal," Jewish Social
Studies, July 1969, p. 184.
23. Idem.
24. Ibid., p. 213. See also, Yaroslav
Bilinsky, "Review Article: Ukrainians and
Jews," The Annals of the Ukrainian Aca­
demy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. Inc.,
Volume XIV, No. 37-38, 1978-80. pp. 244-
57; W. Dushnyck, "Anti-Semitism and
Ukraine," The Ukrainian Quarterly, No. 1,
spring 1978, pp. 40-53.
25. Walter Lippmann, "Public Opinion,"
New York, Macmillan, 1922.
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GLEN SPEY, N.Y. - The first
annual Verkhovyna Softball Tour­
nament was held here during the
Ukrainian Youth Festival on July 16-
18.
Six teams participated in the
inaugural classic, representing Glen
Spey, Chornomortsi/ Maplewood,
N.J., Philadelphia, the Twin Cities,
the Circle Inn of Irvington, N J.,and
Lys Mykyta of New York City.
Saturday's round-robin action saw
the Twin City Wastes and the Glen
Spey team quickly eliminated. In
Sunday's semi-final matches, Lys
Mykyta trounced Chornomortsi/ Ma­
plewood, and Circle Inn defeated
Philadelphia to gain the finals.
In the consolation game Chorno­
mortsi/ Maplewood beat Philadel­
phia to take home the third-place
trophy. Then a large and boisterous
crowd gathered at the field to watch
the Lys Mykyta vs. Circle Inn cham­
pionship match.
The Circle Inn came out flying,
and by the fifth inning had built up a
10 to 1 lead. Fortune changed hands
that inning, however. Keyed by two
clutch home runs, Lys Mykyta
(cheered on by their Lys Mykittens)
scored 12 runs in the last three frames
while blanking Circle Inn the rest of
the way to complete a miraculous,
come-from-behind 13 to 10 victory.
For their valiant tournament play,
the crowd and the Lys team applaud­
ed the Circle Inn squad as they
accepted their second-place trophy.
Then, the gathered throng stood to
cheer as Lys Mykyta captain/first
baseman Nick "Beefcake" Swyry-
denko accepted the first-place trophy
for his team, which also included:
pitchers Andrij "Gidge" Gidej and
Marko Shuhan, catchers Jerry "E.T."
Kurowycky and Walter Rywak,
second baseman George " K o k o "
Kaminskyj, shortshop Ando Opry-
sko, third basemen Mike "Junior"
Gallan and Walt Balynsky, and
outfielders Mike Muc, Andy "Rocky"
Rakowsky, Andy "Bam Bam" Sona-
vetsky, Joey Smindak, Mike "Gabba
Gabba" Gbur, Edjo Kaminskyj and
Roman "007" Iwasiwka.
Bohdanna Wobnaky directs the Promin ensemble of New York.
 No. ЗО THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1982
by Helen Perozak Smindak
festival GLEN SPEY. N.Y. - The sylvan
gladet of the Ukrainian Fraternal
Association's Verkhovyna resort center
near here were transformed last week­
end into a Ukrainian fair as thousands
I of Ukrainian singles, couples and
3 families converged on the area for the
і 1982 Ukrainian Youth Festival.
I Though temperatures soared into the
I 90s, the three-day outdoor festival drew
over 25,000 people, with the largest
number — 15,000 — recorded on
Saturday.
The throngs included college stu­
dents, young professionals, area resi­
dents, vacationing city people, and
quite a few older citizens who take every
opportunity to get together with their
own kind. Buses and cars bearing
license plates from such distant points
as Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Florida,
North Carolina and Manitoba, were
parked in mammoth lots next to the
Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox
churches down the road.
The young set, prepared for a week­
end stay, encamped in tents, vans ana
mobile homes in a specially designated
area beside Lake Verkhovyna.
For young and old, there-was plenty
to take in, visually, aurally and gastro-
nomically: some 35 arts and crafts
displays, stage shows presented by
exciting dance and music ensembles, a
softball tournament, dining indoors or
al fresco on chicken, fresh corn on the
cob, varenyky and holubtsi, and social
dancing in the evening.
There was also a great deal of chatter,
as family groups and old friends caught
up on clan doings and ethnic news in the
shade of stately pines and tall trees.
Stage shows
The festival began on Friday evening
with a stage show featuring the Ver­
khovyna Workshop dancers, the Promin
choral ensemble and singer-guitarist
Bohdan Andrusyshyn. It was officially
opened by New York attorney Walter
Steck, UFA first vice president, who
served as executive director for the
festival. Ihor Rakowsky, whose mellow
singing voice has earned him the title of
"the -Ukrainian Perry Como," was
master of ceremonies.
The program, a delightful blend of
folk ballet, folk songs and contempo­
rary Ukrainian music, was repeated on
Saturday afternoon.
The Verkhovyna Ukrainian Dancers,
who had just completed a grueling
three-week workshop under the gui­
dance of New York choreographer
Roma Pryma Bohachevsky, displayed
vitality and freshness in dances that
brought out the traditional steps and
colorful costumes of the Hutsul, Lemko,
Volyn, Transcarpathia and Poltava
regions of Ukraine.
New York's Promin ensemble,
strikingly attired in Poltava-style
costumes of sapphire blue and white,
was led in lyrical and humorous folk
songs by director Bohdanna Wolansky.
Interwoven between dance and
choral segments of the show were two
other products of the New York scene:
Mr. Andrusyshyn, popularly known as
Danchyk, who sang folk ballads to the
accompaniment of his guitar, and the
four-piece Iskra Orchestra, offering
contemporary interpretations of
Ukrainian popular music.
Kalyna ensemble
The stage program on Saturday
evening and Sunday afternoon featured
the Kalyna Ensemble of Toronto, with
dancers, a symphony orchestra, group
singers and musicians in its 100-member
Alex and Dorko entertain the crowd.' entourage.
Stressing precision and lightness, the
Kalyna dancers offered stylized
interpretations of Ukrainian folk dance
in the manner of the Virsky Ensemble of
Kiev and the Moiseyev Dancers of
Moscow. They performed a Ukrainian
wedding, a Transcarpathian dance, an
unusual dance from Bukovina some­
what akin to an Irish jig, a variation of
the traditional Kateryna folk dance,
and a virile Kuban Kozak dance with
high-leaping steps by three male
dancers. They wound up the show with
a lively Hopak.
Although some critics felt that the
troupe's emphasis on precision tended
to make the dancers look "mechanical,"
the ensemble's appearances proved to
be highly popular. Each dance brought
burts of applause and cheering from the
audience.
Trained by Sam Dzugan of Toronto,
the Kalyna troupe has given
performances across Canada and has
appeared in the United States (the
ensemble toured California in 1974 and
1975 and performed at the Verkhovyna
festival in 1979) as well as in England,
Mexico, Argentina and Brazil. A
valuable complement to the dancers is
the music of the symphony orchestra
directed by Zenoby Lawryshyn.
Between dance numbers, there were
appearances by the Kalyna's girls';
chorus and Danchyk. The seven-piece
Burya orchestra of Toronto whipped up
a storm of Ukrainian melodies under
the direction of its leader, accordionist
Ron Cahute.
Rep. Benjamin Gillman and
Assemblyman Ray Kaiser, who
watched the program on Saturday
afternoon, were introduced by UFA
President Ivan Oleksyn. Mr. Kaiser
came on stage to read a proclamation
declaring the weekend officially as the
Ukrainian Youth Festival.
Among notables spotted in the
crowds during the weekend were UNA
Supreme President John O. Flis and
Mrs. Flis, Supreme Treasurer Ulana
Diachuk and Volodymyr Diachuk,
Soyuzivka manager Walter Kwas and
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Plishka, parents of
Met Opera star Paul Plishka.
Arta and crafts
Exhibitors and vendors from Ca­
nada, Rhode Island, Massachussets,
Ohio, New Jersey and New York dis­
played a spectrum of wares, from art
work and books to tridents and T-
shirts. The arts and crafts booths were
housed in large tents not far from the
stage area.
Prize-winning pysanka decorator
Helen Badulak of Philadelphia had
many admirers and buyers for the tiny
Easter eggs she fashions into earrings
and pendants. Also very popular with
visitors were the decorated eggs shown
by Elizabeth Warbansky of Winnipeg,
Grace Wargo of Oak Ridge, N.J., and
Natalka's shop of Woonsocket, R.I. '
On the sports scene, six softball
teams played in a double-elimination
tournament for three trophies. First
place was captured by the Lys Mykyta
team from New York, captained by
Шгк Swyrydenko, second place by the
Circle Inn team of Irvington, N.J., and
third place by a team representing
Chornomortsi/Maplewood, N.J. Thf
tournament, sponsored by the Lys
Mykyta Tavern in New York, was
coordinated by Andrij Gidej.
Dancing indoors to the melodies of
the Iskra orchestra and in the outdoor
pavilion to. the tunes of the Burya
orchestra and New Jersey's Trembita
Orchestra wound up activities on Fri­
day and Saturday nights.
 10
Carpatho-Ruthenians...
(CoutlwHdfrompa|t i)
It is alto true that literary Ukrainian
differed quite substantially from the
spoken norm of the Carpatho-Ruthe-
nian community. But in practice, the
spoken language of the majority of
Ukrainian Americans, the Galicians
and particularly those from the Car­
pathian region, remains very close to
that of the immigrant generation of the
Carpatho-Ruthenian community.
Even more important, the Carpatho-
Ruthenian community possesses no
uniform literary language. The various
adaptations of dialects and literary
Russian, written in Cyrillic or Latin
script, employed for newspapers in the
United States never took on a standar­
dized form. In any event, literary
Ukrainian is clearly more similar to the
spoken language of the Carpatho-
Ruthenian community than the heavily
Russianized language formerly often
used by the Carpatho-Ruthenian press.
Ultimately, the failure to form a
Carpatho-Ruthenian literary language
in the homeland and in America under­
cuts the concept of a separate Carpatho-
Ruthenian identity. Attempts to use the
spoken vernacular inevitably lead back
to the quandary that the dialects are so,
close to spoken and written Ukrainian.
Most ethnicity in the United States
depends heavily on folklore. The region
from which the Carpatho-Ruthenian
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community originates possesses a rich
inheritance in folksong, dance, handi­
crafts and folk rites, some of which are
unique to the area and many of which
differ from those of other Ukrainian
territories because they developed
under Hungarian, Slovak and Ruma­
nian influence. Here too, however, we
find much that is common with the
Ukrainian community. In particular,
the Galician and Bukovinian mountain
regions share many customs with the
Transcarpathian region.
While the Carpatho-Ruthenian com­
munity possesses certain distinctive
religious customs, in particular in its
church singing, in general its rites and
traditions are identical to those of the
Galicians. A study of church art and
dissemination of church books shows
how closely Priashiv, Mukachevo,
Peremysh! and Lviv have been inter­
connected.
Although the formation of separate
Carpatho-Ruthenians from Galicians
in America, Orthodox and Catholic
jurisdictions of both groups are united
by the Byzantine-Ruthenian rite and
common Ruthenian-Ukrainian popular
traditions.
Although ethnic cultures can survive
in the United States divorced from their
ancestral communities, rarely are groups
other than religious sects (the Amish or
Mennonites) able to do so effectively.
Most groups depend on influences from
their homelands, and groups with close
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contacts with (Greeks, French Cana­
dians) or a sense of obligation toward
(Lithuanians, Ukrainians) their home­
lands are most successful at retaining
and developing a culture and identity.
Here the Carpatho-Ruthenian commu­
nity faces great difficulties.
As Prof. Paul R. Magocsi has shown,
the belief that Carpatho-Ruthenians
were part of a greater national commu­
nity, whether "all-Russian" or "Ukrai­
nian" predominated among the edu­
cated classes in modern times. What is
often forgotten is that even the Rus-
sophiles insisted that the Carpatho-
Ruthenians were the same people as the
Galicians (and usually as the Eastern
Ukrainians). They merely asserted that
all were part of a "Little Russian"
branch of an "all-Russian" people.
Once'the Ukrainian national move­
ment triumphed in Galicia and Eastern
Ukraine, Russophiles in Transcarpathia
faced the incongruous position of
advocating that their people were part
of a Russian people from whom they
were separated by 40 million Ukrai­
nians. By the 1930s the Ukrainian
national movement was making great
strides in Subcarpathian Rus'and the
proclamation of an autonomous Car-
patho-Ukraine crystallized Ukrainian
national consciousness among many.
I do not see the Soviet decision on the
nationality question as a deus ex
machina. Rather I believe that it merely
hastened processes that dated from the
Middle Ages, that were formulated in the
tenets of modern national movements
of the early 19th century, and that were
disseminated widely in Subcarpathian
Rus' before 1945. At present the popu­
lation of Transcarpathia views itself
overwhelmingly as Ukrainian, as does a
substantial part of the Carpatho-Ruthe­
nian population living in Czechoslo­
vakia.
If the Carpatho-Ruthenian commu­
nity in the United States wishes to avoid
all contacts with "Ukrainians" it must
cut itself off from its homeland. The
friction between many post-World War
II immigrants from the region and the
older American community shows how
great the divides are.
How are we to carry on dialogue
between the Carpatho-Ruthenian and
Ukrainian communities given the radi­
cal differences of the two groups'
mutual perceptions? I believe that each
group would profit by examining why it
views the contacts so emotionally.
I believe that Ukrainian Americans
react so strongly to the Carpatho-
Ruthenian community's rejection of
Ukrainian identity for a number of
reasons. First, they retain the collective
memory of the struggle for Ukrainian
identity and culture against states and
peoples intent on sowing divisions
THE CARPATHIAN SKI CLUB of NEW YORK
will host the annual doubles (men's and juniors')
and mixed doubles
TENNIS TOURNEY щ\ SOYUZIVKA
on August 7-8, 1982
m Marts doubles begin Saturday. August 8. at 10 а л ч juniors' and mbnd doubiM
begin at l p . m .
a HogUaetion tea: S4.00 per parson.
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і may bo ordered by writing or eating Soyurivfca.
SOYUZIVKA U N A ESTATE
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among the Ukrainian-speaking popula­
tion. Second, they are sensitive to the
change in nomenclature from Ruthe-
nian (Rusyn) to Ukrainian that has
caused them so much difficulty. Third,
and most important, they feel a need to
preserve a threatened Ukrainian culture
and to struggle for liberation of their
homeland.
Were Ukraine to become independent
tomorrow, the Ukrainian American
community would undoubtedly lose its
intensity and sense of mission. At that
time, the question of the existence of a
separate Carpatho-Ruthenian commu­
nity would seem less urgent, for no
longer would the Ukrainian diaspora
feel threatened. In such a situation, the
existence of a Carpatho-Ruthenian
community in the United States would
seem merely an anamoly of the history
of immigration and not a tragic divisi ve-
ness impeding the effectiveness of a
diaspora essential for the preservation
of Ukrainian culture and identity.
The reaction of the Carpatho-Ruthe­
nian community to the Ukrainian
community derives from its rejection of
the Ukrainian community's claims to
absorb it. But the emotionalism of the
response stems largely from the confu­
sion of the Carpatho-Ruthenian com­
munity as to what its ethnic identity is.
It is therefore easier to stress American
identity and to condemn the Ukrainian
community for its attempts to develop
"old country" culture.
Even the feeble attempts to retain
folk and religious customs lead the
Carpatho-Ruthenians back to the im­
broglio of identity. For the reasons
outlined above, it is difficult to pre­
serve the linguistic and cultural ele­
ments of the Carpatho-Ruthenian "old
country," and much less to maintain
contacts with relatives and current
cultural trends, without becoming
involved in the Ukrainian question.
How then can the two communities
interact to mutual benefit?
I believe the Ukrainian community
need not give up its hope that the
Carpatho-Ruthenian community will
someday join it, but it must learn
tolerance for the right of the Carpatho-
Ruthenian community to remain sepa­
rate if this is its wish.
I believe the Carpatho-Ruthenian
community has a right to develop itself
as a separate community in the United
States, but it cannot deny the right of
the Ukrainian community to treat the
language, customs, traditions and history
of Transcarpathia as part of the larger
Ukrainian inheritance. Differences in
perceptions may remain, but they
should not be allowed to hinder per­
sonal and group contacts and coopera­
tion.
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Rights activist makes ink
LIVERMORE, Calif. - Irene Stro­
kon, a resident of this northern Cali­
fornia city, is an active human-rights
crusader, reported Robert Several in
The Independent, a local newspaper
here.
Mrs. Strokon, who was featured in
the paper last month, works with both
the Berkeley chapter of Amnesty Inter­
national and is the founder of the Bay
Area Chapter of Americans for Human
Rights in Ukraine. Her special cause is
the defense of Yuriy Shukhevych,
Ukrainian dissident, imprisoned for
refusing to denounce his father's name.
He is indeed close to her heart, not
only because of the tremendous suffer­
ing he has undergone, but also because
he is her cousin; their great-grand­
fathers were brothers.
Mrs. Strokon feels that in working
for a political prisoner, one should leave
no stones unturned. "You hit at every
level you can," she said.
In the case of Mr. Shukhevych, this
included telegrams, letters, cards, public
vigils, picketing of Soviet embassies and
even resolutions passed by the U.S.
Congress. She also said that dissidents
who were set free have said it meant so
much to them to know someone was
working for them and it did make a
difference in how they were treated in
prisons.
Miss. Suzy-Q graduates
Lydla Chopivsky
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Lydia Cho­
pivsky wasrecentlyawarded a bachelor
of arts degree in communications,
specializing in film and broadcasting,
from Stanford University here.
Miss Chopivsky, who holds the title
of Miss Soyuzivka 1982, graduated with
high honors, having been elected to the
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society her
senior year, Phi Eta Sigma Honor
Society her sophomore year, and the
Alpha Lambda Delta society during her
freshman year.
In the summer of 1981, Ms. Chopiv­
sky worked at CBS (Columbia Broad­
casting Service) in San Francisco.
During the week she worked as a
reporter for the television news and on
weekends she was anchorwoman for the
Sunday late news.
In 1981 she was crowned Miss San
Francisco, and reigned over all major
functions in the California city. Before
moving to California, Ms. Chopivsky
attended Northwestern University in
Evanston, Ш., where she was a Big 10
cheerleader two years in a row. She was
pictured on the cover of Chicago Sport
Scene magazine as well as the covers of
Northwestern sports programs.
She was also a cheerleader on the
West Coast, making the" front page of
THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY
Notes on people
the Stanford Sports Newsletter. In
California she was also active in Kappa
Alpha Theta, a sorority and belonged to
the Ukrainian Club there.
In 1979 Ms. Chopivsky was chosen
Miss Ukrainian Press in Philadelphia.
She has participated in many Ameri­
can beauty pageants and competitions.
She is an accomplished scuba diver,
having been involved this past spring
with the Hopkins Marine Biology
Program at Stanford. Primary diving
was done in the Pacific Ocean in
Monterey, Carmel and in the northern
California coastal waters.
She has also won numerous awards in
baton twirling and enjoys modeling,
traveling and playing piano.
She is continuing her education at
Stanford where she has started a
master's program in Russian and East
European studies, which she hopes to
complete by the spring.
Ms. Chopivsky is the daughter of Dr.
George and Sophia Chopivsky of Zion,
01., and belongs to UNA Branch
301.
Sixth sheepskin for clan
CHICAGO - When Barbara Uchan-
ski, 20, graduated from the University
of Illinois Chicago Circle Campus this
past June, she ended a tradition that
began in 1966, reported the May issue of
the Grcle Alumni News.
She was the last of the six Uchanski
children to graduate from this com­
muter college; her brother Robert, 33,
was the first, graduating in 1970.
The Uchanski offspring, Robert,
Mary Anne, 30, Diane, 29, Cathleen 26,
Rosalie, 24, and Barbara are the children
of the late Joseph (who passed away in
February) and Oiga Uchanski, children
of Ukrainian immigrants.
Mr. and Mrs. Uchanski wanted their
children to have all the good things in
life', all the things they could not have,
most importantly, a college education.
Even though the parents could not
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Mary Anne also met her husband at
the Circle while studying for her major
in English and minor in mathematics.
She is a data processing consultant in
afford to contribute any money to their Deerfield, 111.
children's education, they were ready Diane majored in accounting at the
and able to give lot of moral support university. She and her husband reside
and encouragement. in Schaumburg, 111., where she works as
UICC was a university with high a senior accountant for Motorola.
academic standards that was at the Cathleen also majored in accounting
sametimeaffordable and close to home, at the University of Illinois and is a
two factors very important to the close- manufacturing supervisor at Teletype
knit family. Corporation in Skokie, 01. She and her
The six kids made it through school husband live in Buffalo Grove, 111.
on scholarships of one kind or another
and worked part time to get the educa- Rosalie, at the present, has wandered
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While at the Grcle, the kids were the Massachusetts Institute of Techno­
involved in various activities. Robert logy for a master's in electrical engineer­
and Mary Anne were active in the ing and computer science, and is there
chamber and concert choirs; Diane and continuing doctoral work. At the Circle,
Cathy were involved in the college of she majored in biomedical engineering.
business; and Rosalie and Barbara were Barbara, the youngest of the Uchan-
active in the James Scholar Program. skis, received her bachelor's degree in
Robert, who received bis bachelor of marketing from the college of business,
science in engineering, also met his wife this past June.
at the Circle. Currently, he is a senior The entire family belongs to UNA
manufacturing engmeej in St. Charles, Branch 379 in Chicago, where their
01., and the father of three children who cousin, William Semkiw, is the financial
he will consider sending to the Circle. secretary.
The Uchanskis: (top, from left) Robert, Mary Anne Diane, (bottom) Cathy,
Rosalie and Barbara.
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Ukrainian National Association

Monthly reports for May 1982
RECORDING DEPARTMENT Total: S958.573.62

Income for May 1 9 8 2 Sl.635,694.27

Juv Adults ADD Totals
TOTAL AS OF APRIL 30, 1982 20,467 55.499 6.829 82.795 Paid to or for members: D'SBURSMENTS FOR MAY 1 9 8 2
GAINS IN MAY 1982 Cash surrenders S41.180.20
Death benefits 68,050.00
New members 85 157 286 Matured endowment certificates 109,686.00
Reinstated 24 51 75 Benefits paid from Fraternal Funds 1,540.00
Transferred in 3 12 16 Payer death tenefits 26629
Change class in 1 6 7 Dividend to members 106.00
Transferred from Juv. Dept - 6 6
Total: J220.828.49
TOTALS SAINS 113 НГ "HO"
LOSSES IN MAY 1982: "" Operating expenses:
"Soyuzivka" resort 31262.12
Suspended 12 22 58 "Svoboda" operation 98,689.03
Transferred out 1 11 13
Change of class out 6 6 12 Organizing expenses:
Transferred to adults 2 - 2 Advertising S8.811.25
Died - 65 65 Medical inspections 27.30
Cash surrender 28 50 78 Traveling expenses special organizers 823.13
Endowment matured 70 84 154 Reward to Special Organizers 1,333.33
Fully paid-up 65 133 198 Reward to Br. Organizers 4239.64
Rediced paid-up - - Field conferences 153.00
Extended insurance - -
Cert terminated - 2 Total: S15.387.65

TOTAL LOSSES: 185 373 28 586 Payroll. Insurance 8 Taxes:

Employee Hospitalization Plan S14.325.95
INACTIVE MEMBERSHIP: Employee Pension Plan 433.33
Salaries - Executive Officers 9,958.33
GAINS IN MAY 1982 Salaries - Office Employees 26,461.78
Taxes - Federal, State і City on employee wages 1320821
Paid up
Extended insurance
65 133 - 198 Taxes - Can. Payroll S U.I
insurance workingmans compensation
435.43
11,616.00
7 10 17

TOTAL GAINS: 72 143 - 215 Total: 76,439.03

LOSSES IN MAY 1982 Official publication "Svoboda" 55,000.00

General administrative expenses:

Died
Cash surrender 15
16 — 16
Bank charges for custodian account S672.38
18 33
Reinstated 7 7 Telephone expense 4,05021
5 5 10 Postage 980.00
General office maintenance 1,40726
TOTAL LOSSES: 20 46 - 66 Rental of equipment
Traveling expenses - general
„ 1,375.71
862.04
TOTAL U N A MEMBERSHIP Printing 4 stationery 2431.56
AS OF MAY 3 1 1982: 20,447 !55,455 6,846 82,748 Operating expenses Canadian office 125.00
Convention expenses 326,247.67
Insurance Dept Fees 65.00
WALTER SOCHAN Insurance 88200
Supreme Secretary Books and Periodicals 89.00
Lodge supplies 2443.83
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Accrued interest on Bonds 35625

INCOME FOR MAY 1982 Total: S341.987.91

Dues from members 238,870.65
Interest from: Miscefameoas:
Bonds S247.143.87 Loss on bonds S638.04
Mortgage loans 23,461.55 Schdorships 500.00
Certificate loans 2,167.76 Interest paid on death benefits 61.34
Ukrainian Publication 15,000.00
Stocks 3,254.15
Orphans Fund, paid 448.41
Total: S276.027.33
Total: \ S16.647.79
Income - "Soyuavka" resort ,. .32,051.62
Income - "Svoboda" operation .96,737.61 Investments:
Certificate loans granted S10.672.76
Rtfunds: Bonds purchased 75281250
Cash surrender ...S859.15 EDP equipment purchased 92.10
Investment expense 180.00 Stock acquired 3238.15
Taxes held in escrow .1,196.00 Real estate 6,16238
Taxes - Federal State і City on employee wages .11,143.06
Taxes - Can. With S pension plan on employee wages 871.91 Total: S772.S77.89
Employee Hospitalization plan premiums ... 1,416.70
Insurance group 67.92 Diabureemerrte for May 1 9 8 2 — „ 11,629,219.91
Official Publication . 16,945.70
Reinsurance refund 127.90 BALANCE

Total: .S32.308.34 ASSETS: LIBILITIES:

Fund:
Miscellaneous: Cash S256.449.68
Life Insurance . S46,065,371.83
Ukrainian encyclopedia S443.42 Bonds 33.248,336.12
Donation to Emergency Fund. 8.10 Stocks 597.125.93
Fraternal 210,338.78
Donations to Fraternal Fund. ...173.57 Mortgage loans 2336,111.19
Endowment matured ...500.00 Certificate loans 746,848.59
282,504.88
Real estate 633,027.07 Orphan's
Total: tl.125.09 Printing plant й EDP equipment ...230,875.54
Old Age Home 309,045.49
Loan to UNUR Corporation 8,400,000.00
Investment: Cofvm 2 40000
- Emergency 83,913.14
Mortgages repaid S50.305.38
Certificate loans repaid 7,598.12 Total: S46.951.174.12 total: .S46.951.174.12
Bonds matured 900,670.12
ULANA M.DIACHUK
In The Weekly dated July IS. the UNA monthly reports published were for April,
not Inarch as written in the headline. Supreme Treasurer
No. ЗО
Shrine hosts Dissident's letter...
(Continuedfromput I)
disabled protesters Despite all this, it pleases me to
WASHINGTON - The Ukrainian
National Shrine of the Holy Family in
Washington was host on July 6,7 and 8
to the Disabled Americans Rally for
Equality (DARE), a group of 33
disabled persons and their companions
led by Dennis Schreiber of Chicago,
who is deaf, blind and confined to a
wheelchair.
The group was in Washington to
protest government and other institu­
tional policies which make it difficult
for disabled persons to get jobs, job
training and equal access to public
facilities.
They demonstrated in front of the
Capitol and the White House and met
with media representatives from all over
the country.
The Ukrainian shrine provided DARE
with kitchen facilities and other support
during its stay. DARE expressed its
particular gratitude to the Very Rev.
Stephen Shawel CSsR, the Rev. Joseph
Deoischuk CSsR and Mary Dubik for
their help in making the trip a success.
New Ukrainian
calendar released
BERKLEY, Mich. - The 1983 Ukrai­
nian American calendar was recently
released by Ingert Kuzych, the author,
illustrator and originator of Color It, a
Ukrainian-English-language coloring
book.
The calendar, compiled by Mr.
Kuzych, his father, John Kuzych-
Berezovsky and artist Leonid Bencel, is
an informative publication, enriched
with facts about Ukraine and Ukrai­
nians. ..
It is illustrated with Ukrainian mo-
narchs of the ninth through 11th cen­
turies and filled with commemorative
dates, which Mr. Kuzych carefully
researched.
He used a variety of sources to
locate as many interesting facts as
possible, and gradually over a period of
two years, the calendar began to take
shape.
The calendar, which may be ordered
from Mr. I. Kuzych, P.O. Box 1132,
Berkley, Mich. 48072, costs S7, plus 75e
for postage.
Profile...
(Continuedfrompage 4)
ly and approachable person who
recognizes the importance of a con­
tinuous dialogue between the univer­
sity and the society it serves. He is an
eternal optimist who brings to his
task considerable experience in build­
ing consensus, gleaned from years of
leadership in academic, financial,
administrative, professional, politi­
cal, religious and multicultural af­
fairs.
The university is fortunate to have
him as chancellor, even though
characteristically he would insist that
the good fortune is his — part of the
same good fortune that gave him a
new lease on life in Canada many
years ago.
All who love the University of
Alberta wish him well!
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Frankivske KGB, Major Petrenko, fore, we wont, catch you? Here also you
came to my home and he said: "Well, are mistaken. Presently we have two
Yevhen Stepanovych, do you think that major thorns in our side, Afghanistan
the organs have been quieted and that and Poland, and to trivial matters like
realize that all citizens of the Soviet this will escape you? No, you are you we pay no attention."
Union are equal before the law; and mistaken: this will not pass! We already
along with this, it is very sad to sense have all the necessary evidence: we have I never recanted my memoirs, quite
that the Soviet leadership does not your book which was published in the the contrary, I continually stated: "Yes,
always obey the law. And if there exists U.S.A. — stylistic analysis has deter­ I wrote them, and I released them
the possibility of not obeying the law or mined that it is your style. And refusing myself for publication. They were
of circumventing the law, it (the law) to give us a copy of your manuscript was published with my knowledge and
does not exist! for naught, fearing that it could be used permission."
Take, for example, me and you. We as evidence against you. Your manus­ Therefore, all the evidence enume­
are both citizens of the Soviet Union, cript is already in our hands and you rated by Major Petrenko I consider
having equal rights and, as I have have a typewriter. This is easy to superfluous, and it interests me not at
already mentioned, both have written confirm. That's it." all. Something else interests me:
our memoirs. You wrote about your He continued: "Or it's possible, you Why are they preparing to prosecute
path in life; I — about mine. We both reckon, that voices will be raised in your me?
wrote about that which we saw, ex­ defense in the West, and that's there­ And why is no one prosecuting you?
perienced ourselves, and which remain­
ed most vividly fixed in our memories. Rochester, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y.
Your memoirs were published in the
Soviet Union as they were published
abroad; mine — only abroad. But you
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
are not summoned, as lam, by the KGB
and asked how your memoirs were
OF UNA BRANCHES
received abroad; it is not demanded of will be held
you that you renounce your writings;
Sunday, August 15, 1982 at 3:00 p.m.
you are not threatened with prosecu­
tion; provocative traps are not set for Ukrainian Civic Center, 831 Joseph Ave.. Rochester, N.Y.
you. On the contrary, you are glorified All members of the District Committee. Convention Delegates and Bnnch Officers
and they are captivated by you. of the folloving Branches are requested to attend:
Now I would like to ask you, why this
happens, that identical actions of two
36, 66, 89. 217, 285, 289, 316, 343, 367 and 437
citizens having equal rights are assessed
so differently? Why you, my friend 1. Opening Remarks.
PROGRAM:
Brezhnev, having signed the Final Act 2. Review of the organizational work of the District during the first 6 months of 1982.
of the Helsinki Accords — in which, 3. Report of Chairman of the Convention Committee - WALTER HAWRYLAK.
among other things, it is stated, that 4. Report of various Committees Chairman of the Convention Committee.
citizens of all nations signatory to the 5. Remarks - Dr. JOHN 0. HIS. UNA Supreme President.
accords — have therightto receive and 6. Questions and answers, adjournment.
disseminate information regardless of
Meeting will be attended by
national boundaries, yourself enjoy this
right and circulate your information, D r . J o h n 0 . F l i S , UNA Supreme President
while I, by the intercession of the organs W a l t e r H a w r y l a k , UNA Supreme Adviser
of national security, am threatened with
prosecution? REFRESHMENTS
An example: somehow an official of D. Prystaj. Secretary M. Lytak. Treasurer Walter Hawrylak. President
the operative branch of the Ivano-
UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL COMMITTEE
OF THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY OF METROPOLITAN PHILADELPHIA
in co-sponsorship with the
DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
presents
UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL
OF SONG, MUSIC and DANCE
"ECHOES OF UKRAINE"
COMMEMORATING PHILADELPHIA'S 300th ANNIVERSARY
and honoring
PATRIARCH JOSYF CARDINAL SLIPYJ and HIS BEATITUDE METROPOLITAN MSTYSLAV
ROBIN HOOD DELL EAST, Ridge Ave. t Hunting st. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 0 , 1 9 8 2 , at 8:00 p.m.
(Rain Date: SATURDAY. AUGUST 2 1 . 1982. at 8:00 p.m.)
FEATURING
m PROMETHEUS MALE CHORUS
і RENATA BABAK - Mezzo-Soprano Soloist of the Lviv, Lenin­
grad I "Bolshoi" Operas. Conductor Michael Dlaboha
і MYKOLA FABRYKA - Concert and Opera Baritone Soloist. ш VOLOSHKY UKRAINIAN DANCE ENSEMBLE
і EVELYN BELUTS - Dramatic Actress. Ukrainian Theatre Choreographers Alexander Hraur 8. Sophia Janusz
of Chemivtsy. a FRANK CONLON. IRENE FABRYKA. RENE PELECH
and LEONID VERBYTZKYJ - Accompaor ts.
RESERVED SEAT TICKETS: S5.00. S3.00 and S2.00 available at the Ukrainian Festival Committee Office. 5004 Old York Fad, Philadelphia. Pa..
and through the courtesy of M. HANUSEY. K0SM0S and ORION stores: also at the Department of Recreation Ticket Off ic . Parkside and Belmont
Avenues.
THE UKRAINIAN FESTIVAL COMMITTEE invites all Ukrainian as well as non-Ukrainian Americans of Philadelphia. Allentown, Bethlehem. Brige-
port. Chester, Easton, McAdoo, Phoenixville, Trenton. Wilmington, etc.. to come and enjoy an evening of excellent song, music and folk dance
at the outdoor theatre.
Come all! Invite your friends! You will enjoy it! Buy tickets immediately!
14 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1982 No. 30

Ukrainian-Jewish... stereotypes forewarns us has been

known for centuries. We all are the
folklore, economics etc., not only from
a Ukrainian but a Jewish perspective as Chancellor Savaryn...
(Continued from page 7) victims of preconceptions or public well. We realize that we are not adequate (CoatanHd пчхві page 5)
pictures in our head, images, prejudices, knowledge idola. Rather our purpose is to the task we set ourselves. We do hope eve of our university's 75th anniversary,
codes, illusions, preconceptions, myths, to outline the manner, character and though that we can at least identify a let me say how much I look forward to
beliefs, or fixed impressions. Whatever quality from which Ukrainians view number of central factors which affect the planned celebrations. None will be
f ' term used, they all mean to imply Jews and Jews view Ukrainians. At the nature of these two perspectives. able to visit this university during the
thi. all human beings suffer from most we can identify and perhaps offer next year without noting that 75 years
'constraints on human observation, some explanations of the dominant ago an acorn was planted for the young
arising overwhelmingly from the pre- perspectives whereby these two people oak we behold today. A constant stream
26. Martin Brouwer, "Idola Fori or Some
established notions of our immediate or view each other. Social Aspects of Stereotypes and Their of well-educated men and women have
wider social and cultural surroundings, In order to explicate the natures of Development," an unpublished paper pre­ left this university with knowledge and
and from which we may only escape these two perspectives adequately one sented to the Fourth Annual Scientific integrity and skills and principles to
sometimes and them with the utmost would have to be a "Renaissance Meeting (Mannheim, June 1981) of the promote literature, the sciences, the
exertion."24 man," thoroughly knowledgeable in the International Society of Political Psycho­ arts, the economy, statesmanship and
The problem of which the notion of fields of history, psychology, literature, logy, p. 1.8. religion.
аішшшашимшшнюшшщ So, let us praise and honor the men
and women who laid the foundations.
THE CARPATHIAN SKI CLUB OF NEW YORK And let us do so with deeds as well as
words. Let us hope for tangible acts by
under the auspices of the
the governments, by the people of
ASSOCIATION OF UKRAINIAN SPORTS CLUBS IN NORTH AMERICA AND CANADA (USCAK)
Alberta, and especially by our alumni. |
will hold
It is our duty to build up our alma
mater, to endow, to enlarge and to
THE ANNU AL secure its future. As a sage once said,
the a d v a n c e m e n t of l e a r n ­
TENNIS AND SWIMMING COMPETITION ing is the highest command­
ment. I agree wholeheartedly and
at SOYUZIVKA hope that you concur. If you do, it
IN OBSERVANCE OF THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINIAN INSURGENT ARMY would be entirely fitting to open our
hearts and purses to our university.
September 3, 4, 5 and 6, 1982 (Labor Day Weekend) Education is light, and what are our
lives if not sparks of the eternal light, so
let us spread the light of education even
TENNIS TOURNAMENT THE INTERNATIONAL more widely for the good of our pro­
vince, our country and the world.
for individual C H A M P I O N S H I P S of USCAK SWIMMING COMPETITION
and trophies of the
S A T U R D A Y , SEPTEMBER 4, 1982 at 11 a j n .
UKRAINIAN NATIONAI ASSOCIATION, SOYUZIVKA,
(INCLUDING THE B. RAK M E M O R I A L T R O P H Y ) for I N D I V I D U A L and TEAM C H A M P I O N S H I P S , Reagan signs...
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UNA TROPHIES and RIBBONS
sportsmanship Trophy of Mrs. MARY DUSHNYCK appealed to him in their correspondence
in the folloving events for boys and girls:
Qualifications: This competition b open to any player to put pressure on the Polish regime
whose club is a member of USCAK. - Singles matches are 8-10 and 11-12 age groups through the free flow of information
scheduled in the folloving division: Men, Women, Women (35 25 m. - freestyle into that country through U.S. channels.
and over), Junior Veto (35-44), Senior Men (45-and 55), Junior 50 m. - freestyle To this e n d , President
(Boys and Girls). 25 m. - breaststroke Reagan said that he wanted
Juniors are persons aged 18 and under, while seniors are 25 m. — backstroke to make it clear that the United States
those over 45 years of age. 25 m. - butterfly intended to move forward with a pro­
Registration for tennis matches,, including name, age, 4 x 25 m. - freestyle relay
divisions and the fee of S10.00 should be send to: gram to modernize the U.S. govern­
ment's international radio system,
UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION including the Voice of America, Radio
c/o Miss Anya Dydyk 13-14 age group Free Europe/ Radio Liberty and Radio
30 Montgomery St.,
50 m. - freestyle Marti, which broadcasts to Cuba.
Jersey City, N. J. 07302
100 m. - freestyle This plan of modernization, said Mr.
Registrations should be received no later than August 25, 50 m. - breaststroke Reagan, would let the millions living
1982. No additional applications will be accepted before the 50 m. - backstroke under Communist rule "hear the truth
competitions, since the schedule or matches will be worked out 50 m. - butterfly
ahead of time.
about the struggle for the world going
100 m. - individual medley
4 x 50 m. - freestyle relay
on today between the forces of totalita­
S C H E D U L E OF MATCHES: rianism and freedom."
FRIDAY, September 3, - Soyuzivka. 1:00 p.m. Men's pre­ 15 and over age group Mr. Reagan called the growth of
liminary round. Players who must compete in this 50 m. — freestyle totalitarianism "the most important
round will be notified by the tournament committee 100 m. - freestyle news event of our generation and the
by Wednesday, August 25. 50 m. — breaststroke tragedy of our time."
SATURDAY, September 4, - Soyuzivka, 8:30 a.m. - First 50 m. — backstroke
round junior girls (all age groups), junior vets, senior men, In closing, President Reagan said:
50 m. - butterfly
women and women 35 and over, New Paltz, 8:30 a.m. 100 m. — individual medley
"To the leaders of Solidarity, to the
Men's first round. Soyuzivka, 10:30 a.m. Juniors (all age 4 x 50 m. — medley relay people of Poland, to all those who are
groups). Natv Paltz, 10:30 a.m. Men's consolation round. denied freedom, we send a message
Swimmers can compete in 3 individual events and one today .Your cause is not lost You are not
e Soyuzivka, 3:30 p.m. Senior men 55 and over. Time and
place of subsequent matches will be designated by relay. forgotten."
tournament director R. Rakotchyj, Sr. Registration will be held at the poolside on Saturday, Sep­ in signing the proclamation, Presi­
Players in men's division, scheduled to compete Friday but tember 4, starting at 9:30 a. m. Registration fee is S2.00 per dent Reagan was following a Con­
unable to arrive on this day, as well as losers in the prelimenary person. gressional mandate spelled out in a joint
round, can compete in the consolation round. resolution on July 17, 1959, which
Because of limited time and the large number of entries, Swim meet Committee. R. SLYSH, O. NAPORA, G,
HRAB, J. RUBEL, C. KUSHNIR, I. SLYSH. asked the president to proclaim the
players can compete in one group only they must indicate their third week of July as Captive Nations
choice on the registration blank.
Players who fail to report for a scheduled match on timeSwimmers should be members of sport and youth orga­ Week.
nizations which belong to the Ukrainain Sports Association In ail, 31 nations are designated for
will be defaulted. (USCAK). commemoration in the Captive Nations
Reservations should be made individually by the competitors by writing to: proclamation, including nine Soviet
Soyuzivka, Ukrainian National Ass'n Estate, Kerhonkson, N. Y. 12446; (914) 626-5641 republics, among them Ukraine.
Among those attending the signing
I cGISTRATION FORM - TENNIS ONLY ceremony were Vice President George
PI ise cut out and send in with reg. fee of SI0.00. Bush, Rep. Clement Zablocki, chair­
man of the House Foreign Affairs
I .ame: Committee, Dr. Lev Dobriansky, chair­
2. idress:
man of the National Captive Nations
Committee, and Sen. Strom Thurmond
3 F me: of South Carolina.
4 Da. of birth:
5 Eve it - age group: The UNA:
Sports club membership:
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Catholic brotherhood of youth Young UNA'ers

founded at Chicago parish
CHICAGO - The installation of
members of the newly formed Brother­
hood of Ss. Cyril and Methodius of St.
Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Parish
took place on May 23.
Dressed in embroidered blouses and
shirts and holding lighted candles, the
members recited a beautiful oath ad­
ministered by the pastor of St. Joseph's
Church, Msgr. William Bilinsky.
During the divine liturgy, in which
the parish choir directed by Julian
Pozniak took part, the members re­
ceived Holy Communion. After the
liturgy, breakfast prepared by the
parents was served in the church hall.
The brotherhood was organized in
March by Zoriana Dyschkant and
Oksana Melnyk with the cooperation of
the pastor. The officers are: George
Charuk, president; Oksana Melnyk,
vice-president; Alex Kaminsky, secre­
tary; and Theresa Kuritza, treasurer.
Peter Malachiwsky is the marshal. The
auditing committee consists of George
Duda, Zoriana Dyschkant and Orest
Nawarynsky.
The goal of this brotherhood is to
unite the youth for the good of the
Church and the Ukrainian nation. The
brotherhood's oath says: "Ss. Cyril and
Methodius, help us to follow you with
love to God by working for the pro­
curement of Christian virtues, which
will assure us of God's blessing in life
and eternal glory after death."

The youngest members of Ukrainian National Association Branch 347 In MUlvOk,

N J., are Christine Lynne and Matthew YaroslaT Kusznir. These children's futures
are assured thanks to their parents, DrVYaroslav and Suzanne Kusznir, who
purchased a UNA endowment certificate that will enable them to have cash just in
time for college studies. The Kusznirs reside in San Diego, Calif. Dr. Kusznir, a
general practitioner and psychiatrist, is p former MfflvOle, N.J., resident

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There's no place like Soyuzivka

SOYUZIVKA
The Ukrainian
National
Association
RESORT
in the Catskill Mountains,
near Kerhonkson, NY.

EACH FRIDAY - DANCE to the tunes of Soyuzivka Orchestra

First Holy Communion of St. Demetrius Parish in Toronto: seated from left are
Sister Germaine SMI, grade 2 teacher; the Rt Rev. John Tataryn, pastor; the Rev.
Terry Lozynsky, associate pastor; and Sister Rachel SMI, principal.
TORONTO - On Sunday, May 16,
the church bells of St. Demetrius the
Great Martyr Parish joyfully announced
the entrance of 29 young boys and girls
who were to receive their First Holy
Communion.
The children's faces reflected the
beauty of this happy occasion. Holding
lit candles in their small hands, the
children walked up the center aisle as
proud parents, grandparents, god­
parents, parishioners and friends re­
flected on the meaning of this solemn
occasion.
This day was truly a day for children.
The Children's Choir oTSt. Demetrius
Catholic School led the congregation in
responding to the Divine Liturgy. Many
comments were later received as to how
beautiful the children sang the re­
sponses.
The grade 8 students constructed a
banner for each child with his or her
name in large letters. These banners
were a gift to the children from the
graduating class.
Many days of preparation made
this special event in the life of St.
Demetrius Parish so successful Sister
Germaine SMI, teacher of the grade 2
class and Sister Rachel SMI, principal
of St. Demetrius Catholic School,
prepared the children with great dili­
gence and understanding love.
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him all of these years, and endured
derision and countless threats, is once
again being told by the investigator that
this time she too may be tried.
We appeal to all those in whose hearts
the feeling of Christian love abides;
please help Mykola and Valentina. For
a brief moment, put aside your own
everyday concerns and remember that
any one of us can find himself in their
place.
We can offer love, prayer, and charity
to counter that evil force which tortures,
disables, and kills people with such
depraved cruelty.
Vocalist - Halya Lewun
Master of ceremonies - Anya Dydyk
Saturday, July 24 - 8:30 p.m.
"DUMKA" chorus of New York
Conductor Semen Komimyj
10 p.m. - DANCE to the tunes of Bohdan Hirniak Orchestra
Sunday, July 25, 1982
Exhibition of Paintings or: IRYNA TWERDOCHLIB
Saturday, July 31, 1982, 8:30 p.m.
Vocal Instrumental Ensemble "MALVY" from Chicago, III.
Director - Maria Hawryluk
10 p.m. - DANCE
to the tunes of Alic and Dorko Orchestra
Sunday, August 1, 1982
Exhibition of paintings of PETRO SHOSTAK
2:30 p.m.
OPENING PROGRAM OF CHILDREN'S WEEK, CELEBRATION OF
YOUTH FESTIVAL
CONCERT of the students
of the UKRAINIAN MUSIC INSTITUTE
Special program for children.
Exhibit of Children's Art.
m
The large air conditioned Dance Hall "Veselka"
Soyuzivka: (914) 626-5641
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Thursday, July 29
DAUPHIN, Man.: Canada's 17th
annual national Ukrainian Festival
begins today. The official opening
ceremonies will be held tomorrow, at
1 p.m. with the Ukrainian harvest
ritual, "obzhynky." The festival
highlights include grandstand shows,
booths, cultural exhibits, workshops,
dances and a parade.
The festival runs from today
through Sunday, August 1. All are
welcome to attend and enjoy. For
more information, write: Canada's
National Ukrainian Festival, Inc.,
119 Main St. S., Dauphin, Man.,
Canada, R7N IK4 or call (204) 638-
5645.
BROOKLYN, N.Y.: The Ukrainian
Dancers of Astoria will perform in
the evening concert at Midwood
Field, Avenue K and East 16th Street
at 7:30 p.m. Free.
July 31-August 1 weekend
SOYUZIVKA: Malvy, a vocal in-
strumental ensemble from Chicago,
directed by Maria Hawryluk, will
perform here Saturday evening. At
10 p.m. there will be a dance to the
tunes of the Alex and Dorko orches-
tra. On Sunday there will be an
exhibition of paintings by Petro
Shostak. Also highlighting the day
will be an opening program of chil-
dren's week, a Celebration of Youth
Festival concert of the students of the
Ukrainian Music Institute, (UMT).
Chidrcn's art will also be on
display that day.
Sunday, August 1
PHILADELPHIA: The St Vladimir
Cathedral of the Ukrainian Ortho-
dox Church, 6740 N. Fifth St., will
sponsor a picnic, beginning 1 p.m., at
the Ukrainian American Sports Club
grounds, Lower State and County
Line roads, Jlorsham, Pa.
There will be live music, food and
refreshments. In the event of rain, the
picnic will be held at the cathedral
hall.
WOONSOCKET, R.I.: The Odessa
Ukrainian Dancers of Rhode Island
and the Siyanka Ukrainian Dancers
of Boston will be featured performers
at the Annual Parish Picnic spon-
sored by St. Michael's Ukrainian
Orthodox Church, 74 Harris Ave.,
Woonsocket, R.I. beginning at 11:30
a.m. There will be a variety of
Ukrainian food, drink, and activities.
The public is invited. Donation is SI
per person.
GLEN SPEY,N.Y.: St. Volodymyr's
Ukrainian Catholic parish here is
having its traditional celebration
today. A divine liturgy will be cele-
brated at 10 a.m. followed by a noon
picnic on the Ukrainian Fraternal
Association grounds, Verkhovyna.
There will be a buffet lunch, cold
drinks, prizes and music supplied by
B. Hirniak's orchestra.
Saturday, August 7
HARTFORD, Conn.: The fourth
annual Hartford Ukrainian Invita-
tional Golf Tournament will be held
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PREVIEW OF EVENTS
today, at the Edgewood Golf Club in
Cromwell
The tournament is open to ail
Ukrainians and there will also be a
division for non-Ukrainians.
Entry fee is S40, which includes an
18-hole round, electric carts, trophies,
refreshments and buffet dinner.
Trophies will be awarded for low
gross, low net, the closest to the pin,
longest drive and most honest golfer.
Last year, more than 90 golfers
competed in the one-day tourna-
ment.
More information may be obtained
from Bohdan Kolinsky, (201) 563-
4072, or Michael Szegda, (203) 728-
5119.
Sunday, August 8
WINNIPEG: To mark this year's
Folklorama festivities, the Ukrai-
nian Cultural and Educational Centre
("Oseredok") is pleased to invite the
public to view a choice selection of
books on a wide range of ethnocul-
tural topics, beginning today, through
Saturday, August 14.
The books will be displayed in the
center's spacious multi-purpose
room on the main floor, and the
exhibit promises to be one of the
most extensive ever assembled. In
addition to the general public, tea-
chers and all community leaders who
are actively engaged in ethnocultural
affairs will find the exhibit of special
interest. The books are mostly in the
English language and range from
cookbooks to histories, grammars
and scholarly studies.
The center is located at 184 Alex-
ander Ave. E. For more information
please call Mary Klymkiw,
(204) 942-0218, between the
hours of 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Monday, August 9
EAST MEADOW, N.Y.: The eighth
annual Ukrainian Night will be held
at 7:45 p.m. in Eisenhower Park. It
will be presented by the Nassau
County Department of Parks and
Recreation, sponsored by the Euro-
pean American Bank and coordi-
nated by the Executive Committee of
America.
Performing groups include Bulava,
the Kozak entertainers of Toronto;
the bandura ensemble, Echo of the
Steppes, from New York; soloist
Evelina Beluc, accompanied by Leo-
nid Verbytsky and the Voloshky
Ukrainian Dance Ensemble from
Philadelphia.
The show will take place in the
open-air lakeside theater, free of
charge. Bring yeur lawn chairs. For
further information, contact Wolo-
dymyr Billy at (516) 7964)494.
Sunday, August 15
RTVERHEAD, N.Y.: St. John the
Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church
will hold its 23rd annual outdoor
chicken barbecue. Serving time is
from 4 to 6 p.m. on the church
grounds on Franklin Street, rain or
shine. Admission entitles one to half
a chicken with a special sauce, baked
potato, corn-on-the-cob, pickles, roll
and butter, coffee and cake. Beer and
soda will be available. There will also
be a raffle.
Advance tickets are S6.50 for
adults, S3.50 for children 12 and
under; tickets at the gate are S7.50.
SUNPAY. JULY 25. 1982
Seating capacity is for 1,000. For
information, call chairman Stephen
Hutnikoff at (516) 929-6238 or the
rectory at (516) 727-2766.
ADVANCE NOTICE
PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian
community of Philadelphia will
observe the tricentennial of the city
with a Ukrainian Festival of music,
song and dance on Friday, August
20, at the Robin Hood Deli East
amphitheatre at 8 p.m. (Rain date is
Saturday, August 21).
The program is also dedicated to
Patriarch Josyf Shpyj of the Ukrai-
nian Catholic Church and Metropo-
litan Mstyslav, primate of the Ukrai-
nian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.
The program will include
the Prometheus Ukrainian
Male Chorus under the direction of
Michael Dlaboha with piano accom-
panist Irene Pelech. The Voloshky
Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Phila-
delphia, choreographed by Alexander
Hraur and Sophia Janusz, will per-
form folk dances from various parts
of Ukraine, The Ukrainian classical
compositions will be performed by
Renata Babak, mezzo-soprano, ac-
companied by Frank Conlon of
Washington, and Mykola Fabryka,
baritone, accompanied by his wife,
Iryna Fabryka. Contemporary music
will be performed by Evelina Beluc,
with Leonid Verbytsky at the piano.
The festival committee headed by
Dr. Peter Stercho, expects thousands
Soyuzivka has new band
The Soyuzivka house band: (from left) Peter Stnrtynskyj, Halya Lewun, Andrly
Bohachewsky, Andrrj Sonevytsky.
KERHONKSON, N. Y. - The UNAIs
upstate resort, Soyuzivka, has a new
house band, a four-person ensemble
which features Halya Lewun, a mem-
ber of the Malvy vocal group of Chi-
cago.
The musicians include guitarist An-
drij Sonevytsky of New York's Vodoh-
ray Orchestra, keyboardist Andriy
Bohachewsky, a graduate of the Man-
hattan School of Music, and drummer
Peter Strutynskyj, a former rock-band
member.
The previous house band, the two-
man team of Alex Chudolij and Dorko
Senchyshyn, continues to tour the East
Coast and has recently released an
album, "Ukrainochka."
In addition to singing with the new
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of people to visit the city govern-
ment-subsidized Ukrainian Festival,
among them high city officials.
YONKERS, N.Y.: The Slavic Heri-
tage Celebration wul take place on
Sunday, August 22, from 1 p.m. to 7
p.m. at Tibbetts Brook Park. Ad-
mission is free; there is a SI parking
charge before 5 p.m. The festival
which is sponsored by the West-
chester County Department of Parks,
Recreation and Conservation and
the United Slavonian American
League, will feature the Ukrainian
American Youth Association Dancers,
the St. Casimir's Polish Youth
Dancers, Troika Balalaika, Limbora
Slovak Dancers, Pilsner Brass Band,
cultural exhibits and Slavic foods. In
case of rain, the celebration will be
held at Lemko Hall, 556 Yonkers
Ave., Yonkers.
JERSEY CITY, NJ.: Ethnic com-
munities statewide are busy pre-
paring for New Jersey's fourth annual
Liberty State Park Festival to be held
at the park on September 11 and 12
from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both days.
The multi-cultural festival is de-
signed to underscore New Jersey's
ethnic diversity and heritage as a
gateway for millions of immigrants.
Sponsored by the Governor's Ethnic
Advisory Council, the annual event
will feature such exciting activities as
exhibits, dancing, food, music, art,
literature, crafts and other events
representative of ethnic communities
from throughout the state. It will be
held at the newly restored historic
Central Railroad Terminal. Ferry
service to Ellis Island and Statue of
Liberty will also be available.
band, Ms. Lewun also emcees the
weeknight programs and directs Soyu-
zivka's vocal ensemble composed of
chamber maids, office clerks and wait-
resses. Anya Dydyk, who was Soyu-
zivka's full-time summer emcee for 10
years, will continue to make guest
appearances on most weekends.
While the house band is expanding its
repertoire of Ukrainian and American
music, Ms. Lewun says that many
guests seem to prefer traditional Ukrai-
nian melodies.
"Weekenders are more apt to request
contemporary Ukrainian and Ameri-
can music than are the weekday guests,
who request old favorites like 'Kieve
Miy,' 'Byla Mene Maty,' 'Yaseny.'etc.,"
said Ms. Lewun.